Modern Jewish God Views

Radical Theology: Confronting the Crises of Modernity

The findings of modern science and the tragedy of the Holocaust led some Jewish thinkers to redefine God.

The Feminist Critique of God Language

A survey of Jewish feminist challenges and responses to traditionally male language for God.

God in the Age of Reason

Hermann Cohen and his student, Franz Rosenzweig, stressed the ethical implications of God.

Modern Jewish Views of God

Modernity raised serious challenges for traditional conceptions of God.

God: Some Feminist Questions

Why female pronouns for God may not be enough.

God’s Phallus

Surprisingly enough, gender-sensitive critiques of the Jewish God can create problems for notions of masculinity.

God Language and Liturgy

Jewish feminists imagine and address God in a multiplicity of ways, both innovative and traditional.

The Experience and Nearness of God

Martin Buber and Abraham Joshua Heschel stressed the human encounter with God.