Reconstructionism

[ree-kuh n-struhk-shuh-niz-uh m]

noun

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.

Origin of Reconstructionism

1940–45; Reconstruction + -ism

If Reconstructionism remains marginal, Deace believes that the broader movement of covenant theology is growing.
Ron Paul's Christian Reconstructionist Roots
Michelle Goldberg
January 3, 2012