Comprised of 21 articles, "Torah for Its Intended Purpose" covers a wide scope of themes and genres, such as theology and exegesis, Jewish law and ethics, and Israel and the Jewish world. The essays, sermons, reviews--and one milestone Responsum to Avery Cardinal Dulles--all represent Rabbi Gordon Tucker's engagement in diverse walks of Jewish life over the past quarter of a century, and as a collection, the book charts a course that is both scholarly and spiritual, and yet also engaged in social activism.