In the postmodern, relativist world-view
with its refutation of a
single, objective, and ultimate truth, it has become difficult if not
impossible to argue in favour of one's own beliefs as preferable to those of
others. Miriam Feldmann Kaye's
pioneering study is one of the first English-language books to address
Jewish theology from a postmodern perspective, probing the question of how Jewish theology has the potential to
survive the postmodern onslaught that some see as heralding the collapse
of religion. Basing her
arguments on both philosophical and theological scholarship, Feldmann Kaye shows
how postmodernism might actually be a resource for rejuvenating
religion.

Her response to the conception of theology and
postmodernism as competing systems of thought is based on a close critical
study of Rav Shagar (Shimon Gershon Rosenberg) and Tamar Ross. Rather than
advocating postmodern ideas, she analyses their writings through the lens of
the most radical of continental postmodern philosophers and cultural critics in
order to offer a compelling theology
compatible with that world-view. Whether
the reader considers postmodernism to be inherently problematic or merely
inconsequential, this study demonstrates why reconsidering these preconceptions
is one of the most pressing issues in contemporary Jewish thought.