Revelation a Work in Process
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How can religious faith and scientific inquiry coexist within Conservative Judaism's understanding of divine revelation? Process theology offers a compelling framework that bridges this divide, moving beyond the binary choice between Orthodox views of Torah as direct divine dictation and purely naturalistic approaches that see it as solely human-authored. Through the lens of "uniformitarian evolutionary emergent monism" and panentheistic theology - particularly as developed by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson - revelation emerges as an ongoing process rather than a singular historical event. In this model, God operates within natural laws rather than suspending them, exercising persuasive rather than coercive power to guide human consciousness toward fundamental truths about living well and fostering universal flourishing. The Torah thus represents a collaborative endeavor between divine influence and human authorship, serving as "a report about revelation" that chronicles humanity's continuous search for understanding God's will. At its core, revelation centers on the imperative to "choose life" - promoting individual and communal well-being while maintaining responsibility for all existence. This framework enables Conservative Jews to simultaneously embrace scientific findings and maintain belief in Torah's divine authority, while providing methodological criteria for evaluating interpretations and applications of Jewish tradition in contemporary contexts.

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Published 2013-2014
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