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March 25, 2024

Making Sense of a Religion of Commandments in an Age of Unlimited Freedom

Rescuing Reform Judaism from the idolatry of autonomy.

In the West today, most people, regardless of religious attitudes, desire the freedom to choose their moral path and the obligations that come with it. Reform Judaism, in the roughly two centuries since it emerged, has always been aware of the tension between the ideas of human autonomy and of divine command. Yet, Rabbi Leon Morris argues, there is a need to “recalibrate” that understanding:

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