The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis

Conservative Judaism claimed to be in the middle position between Orthodox and Reform Judaism attempting to maintain basic traditions while adapting to modern life. In its approach to reconstruction of religious thought, this position argued that to meet the challenges of the modern world, the key c...

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Main Author:	Abdul Rahim, Adibah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	BL Religion BM Judaism
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/1/CERTIFICATE.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/2/PIAMSE_2015.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/3/slide_for_conference_in_Bali.ppt

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spelling	iium-479872016-01-12T10:14:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/ The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis Abdul Rahim, Adibah BL Religion BM Judaism Conservative Judaism claimed to be in the middle position between Orthodox and Reform Judaism attempting to maintain basic traditions while adapting to modern life. In its approach to reconstruction of religious thought, this position argued that to meet the challenges of the modern world, the key concepts of faith have to be redefined and reinterpreted in the light of modern science and knowledge. This paper highlights selected issues advocated by Conservative Judaism for reconstruction of religious thought, and provides an objective analysis on its position. It was found that despite of claiming themselves as belong to mediating position, Conservative Judaism seemed to ignore their scriptures and depended much on human interpretations. This is obviously contradicted to an Islamic approach which upholds that the fundamental sources of the Qur’an and Sunnah should always be referred to as primary references despite our reliance on modern knowledge and rational inquiries. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/1/CERTIFICATE.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/2/PIAMSE_2015.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47987/3/slide_for_conference_in_Bali.ppt Abdul Rahim, Adibah (2015) The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis. In: International Symposium Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, 29th September-1st October 2015, Bali, Indonesia. (Unpublished)
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description	Conservative Judaism claimed to be in the middle position between Orthodox and Reform Judaism attempting to maintain basic traditions while adapting to modern life. In its approach to reconstruction of religious thought, this position argued that to meet the challenges of the modern world, the key concepts of faith have to be redefined and reinterpreted in the light of modern science and knowledge. This paper highlights selected issues advocated by Conservative Judaism for reconstruction of religious thought, and provides an objective analysis on its position. It was found that despite of claiming themselves as belong to mediating position, Conservative Judaism seemed to ignore their scriptures and depended much on human interpretations. This is obviously contradicted to an Islamic approach which upholds that the fundamental sources of the Qur’an and Sunnah should always be referred to as primary references despite our reliance on modern knowledge and rational inquiries.
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author	Abdul Rahim, Adibah
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title	The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis
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title_full	The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis
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title_full_unstemmed	The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis
title_sort	religious thought of conservative judaism: an analysis
publishDate	2015
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The Religious Thought of Conservative Judaism: An Analysis

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