Utilizing the theories of Durkheim this movement rejects the classical view of God and instead espouses a religious naturalism, a view critiqued as "conversion by definition" by the Masorti author of We Have Reason to Believe, Louis Jacobs.
Utilizing the theories of Durkheim this movement rejects the classical view of God and instead espouses a religious naturalism, a view critiqued as "conversion by definition" by the Masorti author of We Have Reason to Believe, Louis Jacobs. One important slogan for this movement referring to traditional practices is "the past has a vote, not a veto," and its principle architect reworded key prayers to eliminate the concepts of reward, chosenness and punishment in the Sabbath Prayer Book. Understanding its people as an "evolving religious civilization" which must constantly be renewed, it exists almost exclusively in the United States. Originating in the ideas put forth in Judaism as a Civilization, for 10 points, name this liberal denomination of Judaism founded by Mordecai Kaplan.
Utilizing the theories of Durkheim this movement rejects the classical view of God and instead espouses a religious naturalism, a view critiqued as "conversion by definition" by the Masorti author of We Have Reason to Believe, Louis Jacobs.
{Reconstructionist} Judaism [accept word {variants}]