There is general agreement among theologians that Dr. Rubinstein's fist book After Auschwitz (Bobbs-Merrill: 1966) initiated the contemporary debate on the meaning of the Holocaust in in religious thought, both Jewish and Christian.
Dr. Rubinstein has explored the psychological interpretation of Judaism and Christianity in The Religious Imagination (Bobbs-Merrill: 1968; Beacon Press paperback) and My Brother Paul (Harper and Row: 1972), a psychoanalytic study of Paul of Tarsus. The Religious Imagination has been translated into French (Gallimard) and Italian (Ubaldini Editore). The Italian translation won the Portico d'Ottavia Literary Prize in 1977.
- Rubenstein received the Master of Hebrew Literature and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Master of Theology (STM) from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Religion from Harvard.
- Rubinstein was a Fellow of the National Humanities Institute at Yale University ('76-'77).
- In 1977 Florida State University named Rubenstein "Distingished Professor of the Year."
- In February 2001 the University created the Richard L. Rubenstein Professorship of Religion. In 1987 the Jewish Theological Seminar conferred the degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters, honoris causa, upon him at its Centennial Convocation.
- In 1999 Grand Valley State University Conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
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