Reconstructionism

American  

[ree-kuhn-struhk-shuh-niz-uhm] / ˌri kənˈstrʌk ʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. a 20th-century movement among U.S. Jews, founded by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, advocating that Judaism, being a culture and way of life as well as a religion, is in sum a religious civilization requiring constant adaptation to contemporary conditions so that Jews can identify more readily and meaningfully with the Jewish community.

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Etymology

Origin of Reconstructionism

1940–45; reconstruction ( def. ) + -ism

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Reconstructionism

It can function as a verbal tic of sorts, implying that the speaker is drawing on a theological or philosophical system built on Christian Reconstructionism and dominionism.

From Salon ● May 26, 2024

There are two major forms of dominionism in America today: Christian Reconstructionism and the New Apostolic Reformation.

From Salon ● May 26, 2024

Reconstructionism is based on a foundational belief in multiracial democracy and in the tools we have to enforce the federal government’s promise of equality: voting, protesting, boycotting and other types of civic action.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022

Conservatives have eight synagogues in Israel, Reform has eight, and even Reconstructionism has one.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rushdoony is the founder and chairman of the board of the Chalcedon foundation, the parent organization of Reconstructionism.

From Time Magazine Archive

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