The problem for me was that the idea of tikkun olam has become so hackneyed an idea, filled with the eisegetical meaning from well - intentioned political activists, that it has become meaningless. (firstthings.com)
While educated in the Christian tradition, Maathai draws inspiration from many faiths, celebrating the Jewish mandate tikkun olam («repair the world» and renewing the Japanese term mottainai («don't waste»). (greenbeltmovement.org)
He is no doubt right that, in authoritative Jewish tradition, tikkun olam refers to the right ordering of the Jewish community, and not, as the very leftward magazine called Tikkun would have it, to a generalized command to «build a better world.» (firstthings.com)