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Author Barak-Gorodetsky, David, author

Title Judah Magnes the prophetic politics of a religious binationalist / David Barak-Gorodetsky ; translated by Merav Datan
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021
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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. "Mending the World" -- 1. The Importance of Being Earnest -- 2. "Palestine or Death" -- 3. Prophetic Socialism and the Social Gospel -- 4. The Religious Mission of Pacifism -- Part 2. "For the Sake of Zion" -- 5. The High Holy Days in Jerusalem -- 6. Hebrew University and Brit Shalom -- 7. The Prophetic Model -- 8. Nationalism and Binationalism -- 9. Binationalism as Theological Politics -- 10. Magnes and the Theopolitics of Buber -- 11. Faith and Skepticism in the Binational Cause -- Part 3. "The Eclipse of God" -- 12. Existential Theology and Moral Politics -- 13. Religion Overrides Nationalism -- 14. The Sacred Land and the Negation of the State -- 15. The Confederation Plan between Hope and Despair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Judah Magnes, an intellectual biography of the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor, analyzes how theology and politics intertwined to drive Magnes's writings and activism-especially his championing of a binational state against all odds"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948.
SUBJECT Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948
Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948 fast
Subject Berit shalom (Organization : Palestine)
SUBJECT Berit shalom (Organization : Palestine) fast
Subject Rabbis -- Palestine -- Biography
Reform Judaism -- Palestine
Reform Zionism.
Political theology.
Political theology
Rabbis
Reform Judaism
Reform Zionism
SUBJECT Palestine -- Biography
Subject Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Datan, Merav, translator
ISBN 9780827618831
0827618832
Other Titles Yirmeyahu be-Tsiyon English