Reconstructionism Definition

The branch of Judaism founded in the United States in the 1900s that regards Judaism as a religious civilization and questions the doctrine that the Jews are God's chosen people.

A 20th-cent. movement in Judaism that stresses a dynamic creativity in adjusting to modern times, as by the adaptation and reinterpretation of traditional observances.

A movement within Christianity seeking to reestablish biblical law as the basis for civil law and social mores.

A movement seeking to revive the beliefs and practices of a historic form of religion, especially a pre-Christian polytheistic religion.