Religion as a Public Good : Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square(Hardback) - 2003 Edition

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Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square explores the often controversial topic of how religion ought to relate to American public life. The sixteen distinguished contributors, both Jewish and Christian, reflect on the topic out of their own disciplines-social ethics, political theory, philosophy, law, history, theology, and sociology. and take a stand based on their religious convictions and political beliefs. The volume is at once scholarly and committed, polemic and civil, reflective and activist. Written in the shadow of 9/11, it invites a new consideration of how religion enhances democratic public life with full awareness of the dangers that religion can sometimes pose. The volume is polemical, as befits the topic, but also civil, as befits a dialogue about an issue of profound significance for democratic citizenship.

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Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer's Philosophy of Judaism (Suny Series in Judaica : Hermeneutice, Mysticism and Religion)

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Book by Mittleman, Alan L.

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Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism's Case for Why Persons Matter (Library of Jewish Ideas) by Alan L. Mittleman (2015-04-27)

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Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism's Case for Why Persons Matter (Library of Jewish Ideas) Hardcover April 27, 2015

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The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah

(The title of political theorist Alan L. Mittleman's capti...)

The title of political theorist Alan L. Mittleman's captivating new book is drawn from the patriarch Jacob's blessing to his children and grandchildren. The blessing contains the promise that Judah will become a royal house, perhaps forever. Kings, of course, ceased in Israel, but politics did not. Regime replaced regime. National independence was compromised and lost, regained and lost again. Yet the attention to things political was never lost. Old texts were applied to new political realities. Political awareness and thought, constantly transformed and adapted to new historical exigencies, persisted among the Jews. In The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah, Mittleman looks at some of the central problems of political philosophy―such as fundamental rights and the common good―from the point of view of rabbinic Judaism. At the same time, he considers conceptual issues in Judaism―such as covenant and tradition―from the perspective of political philosophy. Mittleman's sources range from the ancient rabbis to contemporary political theorists, making this volume an important one for courses and research in both Jewish studies and political theory.

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(Hope in a Democratic Age: Philosophy, Religion, and Political Theory) Author: Alan Mittleman published on (August, 2009)

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Human Nature & Jewish Thought: Judaism's Case for Why Persons Matter (Library of Jewish Ideas)

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This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person while at the same time accepting what science tells us to be true--namely, that human nature is continuous with the rest of nature? What, in other words, does it mean to be a person in a world of things? Alan Mittleman shows how the Jewish tradition provides rich ways of understanding human nature and personhood that preserve human dignity and distinction in a world of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, biotechnology, and pervasive scientism. These ancient resources can speak to Jewish, non-Jewish, and secular readers alike. Science may tell us what we are, Mittleman says, but it cannot tell us who we are, how we should live, or why we matter. Traditional Jewish thought, in open-minded dialogue with contemporary scientific perspectives, can help us answer these questions. Mittleman shows how, using sources ranging across the Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud to more than a millennium of Jewish philosophy. Among the many subjects the book addresses are sexuality, birth and death, violence and evil, moral agency, and politics and economics. Throughout, Mittleman demonstrates how Jewish tradition brings new perspectives to--and challenges many current assumptions about--these central aspects of human nature. A study of human nature in Jewish thought and an original contribution to Jewish philosophy, this is a book for anyone interested in what it means to be human in a scientific age.

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Judaism's Case for Why Persons Matter Human Nature & Jewish Thought (Hardback) - Common

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Hope in a Democratic Age: Philosophy, Religion, and Political Theory: Religion, Politics, and Liberal Society (0) by Alan Mittleman (2009-07-02)

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The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah by Alan L. Mittleman (2000-02-09)

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The Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel

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Hope in a Democratic Age: Philosophy, Religion, and Political Theory (Hardback) - Common

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A compelling new philosophical study of hope as a resource for the tasks of citizenship in a liberal, democratic society. It contends that the modern philosophical construction of hope as an emotion is deficient; it reconstructs the medieval understanding of hope as a virtue in a contemporary philosophical idiom.

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Hope in a Democratic Age (0)

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How and why should hope play a key role in a twenty-first century democratic politics? Alan Mittleman offers a philosophical exploration of the theme, contending that a modern construction of hope as an emotion is deficient. He revives the medieval understanding of hope as a virtue, reconstructing this in a contemporary philosophical idiom. In this framework, hope is less a spontaneous reaction than it is a choice against despair; a decision to live with confidence and expectation, based on a rational assessment of possibility and a faith in the underlying goodness of life. In cultures shaped by biblical teaching, hope is thought praiseworthy. Mittleman explores the religious origins of the concept of hope in the Hebrew Scriptures, New Testament, rabbinic literature and Augustine. He traces the roots of both the praise of hope, in Jewish and Christian thought, and the criticism of hope in Greco-Roman thought and in the tradition of philosophical pessimism. Arguing on behalf of a straightened, sober form of hope, he relates hope-as-a-virtue to the tasks of democratic citizenship. Without diminishing the wisdom found in tragedy, a strong argument emerges in favour of hope as a way of taking responsibility for the world. Drawing on insights from scriptural and classical texts, philosophers, and theologians - ancient and modern, Mittleman builds a compelling case for placing hope at the centre of democratic political systems.

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A Short History of Jewish Ethics: Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

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A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.  • Offers an engaging and thoughtful account of Jewish ethics • Brings together and discusses a broad range of historical sources covering two millennia of writings and conversations • Combines current scholarship with original insights • Written by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics

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