Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

Jewish Feminist Theology: A Survey

From theologies that address the male-ness of God to ones that address the femininity of males.

Traditional Judaism can--and should--embrace feminism to allow for greater equality in Jewish religious life.

Theological attitudes toward Christianity have changed over time in response to social and political developments.

Jewish feminist thought seeks to create theological narratives that merge Judaism with feminist values.

What have Jews thought about non-Jews at various points in history?

A text's physical description of God might actually have been intended to emphasize God's indescribability.

Jewish chosenness is not a metaphysical reality. It derives from the conditions of a particularly prosperous period in Israelite history.

Rejection of "foreign worship" is a primary commandment and central to the Jewish worldview.

In the wake of the Holocaust, Jewish theologians have challenged Christian thinkers to rework Christianity's traditional pictures of the Jews.

According to most Jewish thinkers, Islam is not idolatry; but authorities have disagreed as to whether it's better to convert or be martyred.