Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. God
1. The God of Maimonides
2. Prophecy
3. Providence
4. Redemption
5. From Negative Theology to Empowering Humanity
Conclusion: The New Religious Hero
Part 2. Torah
6. Is the Torah Divine?
7. Reasons for the Commandments
8. Man and the Torah
9. The Universality of the Torah
Conclusion: Rising to the Level of Understanding
Part 3. Perplexity
10. Contradictions
11. The Creation of the World
12. Perplexity and God
13. The Role of Doubt
14. Halakhah and Dogmatism
15. The Crisis of Reason
16. The Crisis of Tradition
17. From Perplexity to Mysticism and Politics
18. Therapeutic Perplexity
Conclusion: The Purpose of Life
Notes
Index