This intellectual biography of Judah Magnes-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.
This intellectual biography of Judah Magnes-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.
David Barak-Gorodetsky is a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago Divinity School and director of the Ruderman Program for Jewish American studies at the University of Haifa. He is also editor of Stripes, Stars, and Magen David: The Jewish American Contribution to the Yishuv and the State of Israel and Connected Vessels: Thoughts in Jewish Education.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. “Mending the World”: Religious and Political Foundations 1. The Importance of Being Earnest 2. “Palestine or Death” 3. Prophetic Socialism and Social Gospel 4. The Religious Mission of Pacifism Part 2. “For the Sake of Zion”: Promoting Binationalism in Palestine 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”: War, Holocaust, and the Founding of the State 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
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. “Mending the World”: Religious and Political Foundations 1. The Importance of Being Earnest 2. “Palestine or Death” 3. Prophetic Socialism and Social Gospel 4. The Religious Mission of Pacifism Part 2. “For the Sake of Zion”: Promoting Binationalism in Palestine 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”: War, Holocaust, and the Founding of the State 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
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