William E. Kaufman

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William E. Kaufman is a rabbi, a philosopher, and an author of several books and academic articles.

He is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis.

He serves as rabbi at Temple Beth El, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He is an adjunct professor of philosophy at Rhode Island College and Bristol Community College.

He has published many articles in Judaism (quarterly journal), Conservative Judaism (quarterly journal), The Reconstructionist (quarterly journal), and The Jewish Spectator (newspaper.)

One of his projects has been to create a Jewish process theology, i.e. his works view Jewish theology through the panentheistic process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.

[edit] Publications

  • Journeys: An Introductory Guide to Jewish Mysticism ISBN 0-8197-0482-2
  • The Case for God, Chalice Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8272-0458-2
  • A Question of Faith: An Atheist and a Rabbi Debate the Existence of God With Morton Shor. Jason Aronson Inc., 1994
  • The Evolving God in Jewish Process Theology (Jewish Studies, Vol 17) Edwin Mellen Press, NY 1997. ISBN 0-7734-8648-8
  • Metaphors for God: A Response Conservative Judaism (journal), Volume 51, No.2, 1999, The Rabbinical Assembly


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