Can liberal religious faith maintain its vitality while embracing critical scholarship, or will fundamentalism's certainties prove more compelling in modern society? This pressing question anchored a landmark 1987 symposium at the Jewish Theological Seminary under Chancellor Ismar Schorsch, bringing together three pioneering religious thinkers: Hans Küng, Harvey Cox, and Geoffrey Hartman. Through comparative analysis of their responses to synthesizing tradition with modernity, the symposium revealed how each scholar has transformed their field while extending influence beyond academia: Küng sustained theological innovation despite Vatican opposition, Cox evolved from secular urbanist to religious tradition advocate, and Hartman applied Jewish interpretive methods to reshape literary criticism. Their collective insights, examined against the backdrop of Conservative Judaism's contemporary challenges, signal the movement's potential emergence from stagnation into a period of dynamic transformation. The presentations demonstrated how moderate religious positions might navigate between fundamentalism and secularism while maintaining authentic connections to sacred traditions and transcendent meaning.