Conservative Judaism's struggle to define itself reveals a movement caught between organizational unity and theological clarity. In "Tradition and Change: The Development of the Conservative Movement," editor Mordecai Waxman assembles key addresses, essays, and writings from movement builders to chart Conservative Judaism's ideological evolution. Critical textual analysis of this anthology, organized across origins, philosophies, and attitudes, exposes a persistent reliance on ambiguous terminology like "Catholic Israel" and "normative Judaism." Many selections blur the line between principle and propaganda, sidestepping fundamental theological questions about revelation, Jewish law, and historical interpretation. While organizational mythology serves pragmatic purposes in maintaining cohesion, the anthology's limitations highlight the movement's unresolved tension between accessible symbolism and rigorous ideology. Future collections would benefit from incorporating German Jewish Conservative thought, historical research abstracts, contemporary theological works, and systematic treatment of central doctrinal topics—moving beyond introductory self-analysis toward substantive ideological development.