reconstructionism
Noun
Meaning
reconstructionism (countable and uncountable, plural reconstructionisms)
Any of various religious movements aiming to reconstruct something.
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Examples
After Kaplan's Reconstructionism fully coalesced into an independent movement, these views were marginalized.
Mordecai Kaplan 's Reconstructionism raised the demand for thoroughgoing modification without much regard for the past or halakhic considerations, but senior rabbis opposed him vigorously.
Origin Reconstructionism was developed by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881 1983) and his son-in-law, Rabbi Ira Eisenstein (1906 2001), over a period of time spanning from the late 1920s to the 1940s.
Reconstructionism promotes many traditional Jewish practices.
She writes that the leading proponents of intelligent design are closely allied with the ultra-conservative Christian Reconstructionism movement.