Reconstructionism
[ ree-kuh n-struhk-shuh-niz-uh m ]
/ ˌri kənˈstrʌk ʃəˌnɪz əm /
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
Example sentences from the Web for reconstructionism
If Reconstructionism remains marginal, Deace believes that the broader movement of covenant theology is growing.