reconstructionism

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Movement that originated in U.S. Judaism in the 1920s. It regards Judaism only as a specific human culture, rejects the tradition of a transcendent deity who made a covenant with his chosen people, and does not accept the Bible as the inspired word of God. Its principles, as enunciated by Mordecai Menahem Kaplan, are based on the belief that Jews can live a distinctively Jewish cultural life without being religiously observant. Reconstructionists today number about 60,000
{i} movement in Judaism which seeks to match religion to the spirit of the times (founded by Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan)
An educational philosophy that holds that the purpose of the school it o address the needs of society as a whole and make students social problems solvers and agents of change
Many religious forms and practices have fallen out of use, often due to the prevalence of competing religions Reconstructionism makes use of the best research currently available (and often a peer-review process) to restore ancient religion as authentically as reasonably possible
Religious movement begun in the United States in the twentieth century by Mordecai Kaplan, which views Judaism as an evolving religious civilisation
A modern liberal branch of the Judaism that emphasizes the cultural aspects of Judaism A modern liberal branch of the Judaism that emphasizes the cultural aspects of Judaism

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{i} adherent or supporter of Reconstructionist Judaism; one who supported re-acceptance of Confederate states into the Union after the Civil War (U.S. History)
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{i} one who rebuilds, re-creator, one who remakes