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C O N T E N T S· Acknowledgments ix· Preface xiii Introduction 1 1 Excommunications: Kaplan and Spinoza 7 2 Self-Reliance: Kaplan and Emerson 28 3 Nationalism and Righteousness: Ahad Ha-Am and Matthew Arnold 46 4 Universalism and Pragmatism: Felix Adler, William James, and John Dewey 66 5 Kaplan and Peoplehood: Judaism as a Civilization and Zionism 88 6 Kaplan and His God: An Ambivalent Relationship 110 7 Kaplan’s Theology: Beyond Supernaturalism 132 8 Salvation: The Goal of Religion 157 9 Salvation Embodied: The Vehicle of Mitzvot 177 10 Mordecai the Pious: Kaplan and Heschel 206 11 The Law: Halakhah and Ethics 226 12 Kaplan and the Problem of Evil: Cutting the Gordian Knot 249 Conclusion 267· Appendix: “Thirteen Wants” of Mordecai Kaplan Reconstructed 277· Notes 279· Selected Bibliography and Note on Sources 325· Index 329 ...

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