Religion as a public good : Jews and other Americans on religion in the public square / edited by Alan Mittleman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mittleman, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Social aspects--United States.

Judaism.

Judaism and state--United States.

Judaism and state.

Jews--United States--Politics and government.

Jews.

Politics and government.

Philosophy.

Judaism and politics.

Judaism--Social aspects.

United States.

Judaism and politics--United States.

Religion and sociology--United States.

Religion and sociology.

Religious pluralism--United States.

Religious pluralism.

United States--Politics and government--1993---Philosophy.

Physical Description:

x, 336 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Contents:

1 The Liberal Social Contract and the Privatization of Religion / Jean Bethke Elshtain 13

2 "A Proper Blessing?": The Jew and the American Public Square / Marc Dollinger 27

3 The Theological-Political Predicament of American Jewry / Alan Mittleman 49

4 The Probable Persistence of American Jewish Liberalism / Kenneth D. Wald 65

5 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 / Erwin Chemerinsky 91

6 American Jewry, Pre- and Post-9/11 / Gertrude Himmelfarb 113

7 Traditional Judaism and American Citizenship / William A. Galston 127

8 A Jewish Policy on Church-State Relations / David Novak 141

9 Jewish Law and American Public Policy: A Principled Jewish Law View and Some Practical Jewish Observations / Michael J. Broyde 161

10 Religious Diversity and the Common Good / Alan Wolfe 185

11 Religion and the Public Good / Michael Gottsegen 199

12 Judaism Influencing American Public Philosophy / Elliot N. Dorff 231

13 9/11 and the Aftershocks: Rethinking American Secularism and Religious Pluralism / Carl A. Raschke 249

14 The Jew in the American Public Square / Mickey Edwards 267

15 From China to Jersey City: Religious Pluralism, Religious Liberty, and Human Rights / Kevin J. Hasson 285

Afterword: Looking Forward: From Jewish Interest to Judaic Principle / Jonathan Sacks 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742531244

0742531252

OCLC:

52409610