Religion as a Public Good

Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square
Herausgeber: Mittleman, Alan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book 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-which include social ethics, political theory, philosophy, law, history, theology, and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780742531246
• ISBN-10: 0742531244
• Artikelnr.: 22363058

Autorenporträt

Alan Mittleman is professor of religion at Muhlenberg College. He served as director of the Jews and the American Public Square project and edited Jewish Polity and American Civil Society and Jews and the American Public Square.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Liberal Social Contract and the
Privatization of Religion Chapter 3 "A Proper Blessing?": The Jew and the
American Public Square Chapter 4 The Theological-Political Predicament of
American Jewry Chapter 5 The Probable Persistence of American Jewish
Liberalism Chapter 6 The Need for a Wall Separating Church and State: Why
the Establishment Clause is So Important for Jews and Why Jews are So
Important for the Establishment Clause Chapter 7 American Jewry, Pre- and
Post-9/11 Chapter 8 Traditional Judaism and American Citizenship Chapter 9
A Jewish Policy on Church-State Relations Chapter 10 Jewish Law and
American Public Policy: A Principled Jewish Law View and Some Practical
Jewish Observations Chapter 11 Religious Diversity and the Common Good
Chapter 12 Religion and the Public Good Chapter 13 Judaism Influencing
American Public Philosophy Chapter 14 9/11 and the Aftershocks: Rethinking
American Secularism and Religious Pluralism Chapter 15 The Jew in the
American Public Square Chapter 16 From China to Jersey City: Religious
Pluralism, Religious Liberty, and Human Rights Chapter 17 Afterword:
Looking Forward: From Jewish Interest to Judaic Principle