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Mordecai Kaplan's Approach to Jewish Mysticism

Mordecai Kaplan's Approach to Jewish Mysticism The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Vol. 4, pp. 39-54 Reprints available directly from the publisher Photocopying permitted by licence only © 1994 Mordecai Kaplan's Approach to Jewish Mysticism S, Daniel Breslauer University of Kansas) USA Mordecai Kaplan's Naturalism A common critique of Mordecai Kaplan's naturalistic theology complains that it ignores the transcendent dimension of human life. Kaplan advocates a humanistic Judaism free from the supernaturalism that animates tradi- tional Jewish thought. This new, reconstructed, Judaism accords with the world view of contemporary science and enables its believers to actualize their full human potential. Kaplan's critics argue that such a reconstruction of Jewish religion distorts the historical reality of Judaism. David Hartman's recent analysis of Kaplan's thought echoes this criticism. Hartman recognizes the many valuable aspects of Kaplan's philosophy of Judaism but concludes that his approach locks the divine and human "into the same anthropocentric framework" and fails to do justice to the fullness of religious experience. Hartman contrasts Kaplan's humanistic naturalism to the theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose advocacy of the sense of the ineffable looks beyond human experience. He also notes the claims of Heschel's predecessor in the phenomenology of Religion, Rudolf Otto, whose http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1053-699X
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1477-285X
DOI
10.1163/105369995790231218
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Abstract

The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Vol. 4, pp. 39-54 Reprints available directly from the publisher Photocopying permitted by licence only © 1994 Mordecai Kaplan's Approach to Jewish Mysticism S, Daniel Breslauer University of Kansas) USA Mordecai Kaplan's Naturalism A common critique of Mordecai Kaplan's naturalistic theology complains that it ignores the transcendent dimension of human life. Kaplan advocates a humanistic Judaism free from the supernaturalism that animates tradi- tional Jewish thought. This new, reconstructed, Judaism accords with the world view of contemporary science and enables its believers to actualize their full human potential. Kaplan's critics argue that such a reconstruction of Jewish religion distorts the historical reality of Judaism. David Hartman's recent analysis of Kaplan's thought echoes this criticism. Hartman recognizes the many valuable aspects of Kaplan's philosophy of Judaism but concludes that his approach locks the divine and human "into the same anthropocentric framework" and fails to do justice to the fullness of religious experience. Hartman contrasts Kaplan's humanistic naturalism to the theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose advocacy of the sense of the ineffable looks beyond human experience. He also notes the claims of Heschel's predecessor in the phenomenology of Religion, Rudolf Otto, whose

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The Journal of Jewish Thought and PhilosophyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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