The Chosen People in America: A Study in Jewish Religious Ideology

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix PART ONE: Introduction I. A Part andApart PART TWO: The "Second Generation" (1930-1955) 3 II. "Nation, People, Religion-What Are We?" 25 III. Reform Judaism and the "Mission unto theNations" 53 IV. Mordecai Kaplan andtheNewJewish "Vocation" 73 v. Conservatism, Orthodoxy, andtheAffirmation of B~~n ~ PART THREE: The "Third Generation" (1955-1980) VI. Ambassadors at Home VII. Children of theHalfway Covenant 127 149 viii • CONTENTS PART FOUR: Conclusion VIII. The Lessons of Chosenness in America Notes 183 Bibliography 217 Index 235 173 ...