Vision of Judaism: Wrestling with God Book

Acknowledgments
Preface

PART I: Wrestling with Myself
Chapter 1: Wrestling with Myself

PART II: Wrestling with the Message
Chapter 2: Divine Unity
Learning about God
Jewish Monotheism
Judaism and Other Religions
Chapter 3: Omnipotence and Omniscience
A God of Power and Knowledge
All-Mighty and All-Knowing
Theological Perplexities
Chapter 4: Creation
The Origin of the Cosmos
One Creator
Science and Creation
Chapter 5: Divine Providence
God's Intervention
Providential Care
Divine Action
Chapter 6: Revelation and Inspiration
Torah
Divine Revelation
Authority and Personal Freedom
Chapter 7: Torah and Commandments
Reform Judaism and the Mitzvot
Divine Commandments
Jewish Practice in a New Age
Chapter 8: Sin, Repentance, and Forgiveness
Sin and Atonement
Transgression and Forgiveness 100/ Responsibility in the Modern World
Chapter 9: Chosen People
God and Israel
Jewish People
From Chosenness to Global Theology
Chapter 10: Promised Land
The Holy Land
Israel
The Jewish State
Chapter 11: Messiah
The Messianic Age
Messianic Deliverance
Post-Messianic Judaism
A Post-Messianic Credo
Chapter l2: Afterlife
Immortality of the Soul
The Hereafter
Reflections on Life after Death

PART III: Wrestling with the World
Chapter l3: Jewish Community
Reform Judaism and Jewry
Community Life
Open Judaism
Chapter l4: Worship
Reform Worship
Prayer
Reflections on Jewish Worship
Chapter l5: Education
Reform Religion School
Jewish Education
Judaism in the Modern World
Chapter l6: The Sabbath
Reform Judaism and the Sabbath
Sabbath Worship
Sabbath Rest
Chapter l7: Passover, Sukkot, and Shavuot
The Pilgrim Festivals
Celebrating the Pilgrim Festivals
Liberation and the Heritage
Chapter l8: High Holy Days
Reform Observance
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Sin and Forgiveness
Chapter l9: Days of Joy
Reform Celebration
Joyous Ceremonies
Jewish History and Freedom
Chapter 20: Life-Cycle Events
Reform Jewish Practice
The Jewish Life-Cycle
Observing the Jewish Life-Cycle
Chapter 21: Home
The Reform Home
Jewish Home Ritual
A Modern Jewish Home
Chapter 22: Death and Mourning
Reform Observance
Death and Burial
Mourning in the Modern World

PART IV: Wrestling with the Vision
Chapter 23: Wrestling with the Vision

Notes
Glossary
Further Reading