American Jewish Thought
JUST-352-1
Binghamton University
- Semester
- Summer 2024
- Instructor
- Randy Friedman
- Start Date
- 05-28-2024
- Total Credits
- 4
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This course offers both a historical and a theological study of the American Jewish community and changes in American Judaism, from its origins through contemporary times. We engage central historical and sociological studies of American Jews in relation to other immigrant and minority groups, including the tension between assimilation and multiculturalism. We will examine two central philosophical and theological texts in contemporary American Judaism by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mordecai Kaplan. Students will also read short works of American Jewish literature. We will examine how specific thinkers transform aspects of the Judaic tradition to fit the challenges of religious life in the modern and democratic age, and responses to this transformation. Questions include: the relationship between theology and democratic culture, challenges to inherited religious traditions, assimilation, the influence of feminist thought on religious practice, and the place and function of religiou
General Education Area(s): Basic Communication
Course Area: Judaic Studies
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 05-28-2024 - 07-01-2024
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