A Jewish Public Theology

Download A Jewish Public Theology full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online A Jewish Public Theology ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

A Jewish Public Theology

Author : Abraham Unger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498535887
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Jewish Public Theology by : Abraham Unger

Download or read book A Jewish Public Theology written by Abraham Unger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Jewish Public Theology draws from Halakhah, Jewish law, to address some of the most searing current policy issues. Abraham Unger examines how Jewish tradition speaks to globalization and its attendant political and economic cleavages. Classical Jewish thought sits on a perch outside of the defining parameters of the global political conversation and as such cannot be pigeon holed as populist, leftist, or rightist. Judaism was born in antiquity and therefore predates by millennia these current ideological biases. That intellectual distance, both due to the long arc of Jewish history, and outsider minority status as a tradition, allows for a critical distance. Unger explores how the Jewish tradition compels the living out of a public policy framework through the forging of equitable communities using arguments that go beyond political orthodoxies. In this socially fragile era, the possibility of that message offers a hopeful discourse of significant possibility for all humankind.

A Companion to Public Theology

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004336060
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Companion to Public Theology by :

Download or read book A Companion to Public Theology written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Public theology has emerged in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as theologians have increasingly entered the public square to engage complex issues. This Companion to Public Theology brings a much-needed resource to this relatively new field. The essays contained here bring a robust and relevant faith perspective to a wide range of issues as well as foundational biblical and theological perspectives which equip theologians to enter into public dialogue. Public theology has never been more needed in public discourse, whether local or global. In conversation across disciplines its contribution to the construction of just policies is apparent in this volume, as scholars examine the areas of political, social and economic spheres as well as issues of ethics and civil societies, and draw on contexts from six continents. Contributors are: Chris Baker, Andrew Bradstock, Luke Bretherton, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Letitia M. Campbell, Cláudio Carvalhaes, Katie Day, Frits de Lange, Jolyon Mitchell, Elaine Graham, Paul Hanson, Nico Koopman, Sebastian Kim, Esther McIntosh, Clive Pearson, Scott Paeth, Larry L. Rasmussen, Hilary Russell, Nicholas Sagovsky, Dirk J. Smit, William Storrar, David Tombs, Rudolf von Sinner, Jenny Anne Wright, and Yvonne Zimmerman.

Awaiting the King (Cultural Liturgies Book #3)

Author : James K. A. Smith
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493406604
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Awaiting the King (Cultural Liturgies Book #3) by : James K. A. Smith

Download or read book Awaiting the King (Cultural Liturgies Book #3) written by James K. A. Smith and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A. Smith examines politics through the lens of liturgy. What if, he asks, citizens are not only thinkers or believers but also lovers? Smith explores how our analysis of political institutions would look different if we viewed them as incubators of love-shaping practices--not merely governing us but forming what we love. How would our political engagement change if we weren't simply looking for permission to express our "views" in the political sphere but actually hoped to shape the ethos of a nation, a state, or a municipality to foster a way of life that bends toward shalom? This book offers a well-rounded public theology as an alternative to contemporary debates about politics. Smith explores the religious nature of politics and the political nature of Christian worship, sketching how the worship of the church propels us to be invested in forging the common good. This book creatively merges theological and philosophical reflection with illustrations from film, novels, and music and includes helpful exposition and contemporary commentary on key figures in political theology.

Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation

Author : Marc H. Ellis
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780334028994
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (289 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation by : Marc H. Ellis

Download or read book Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation written by Marc H. Ellis and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2003-01-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marc Ellis fine book about the future of the Jewish community was first published in 1987. But twenty years on, in the light of recent events in the Middle East and post-September 11, its powerful message of hope, directed towards a people 'poised between Holocaust and empowerment', remains as powerful, apposite, and pressingly relevant as it was before. Ellis begins with two poles: the holocaust and the pain and vision that issue from it. This leads him into ethics, and he highlights the contrast between the depth of Jewish ethical commitment and the paucity of renewal movements within Judaism. The author then addresses all suffering peoples, and the Christian liberation movements active among them, so that the holocaust may be set in a wider context. Against this background, Ellis sees it as essential that the journeys and visions of dissenting Jews - such as Etty Hillesum and Martin Buber - should be re-appraised. An alternative perspective of what it means to be Jewish begins to emerge, and in the final chapter a Jewish theology of liberation is essayed, which is a theology prepared 'to enter the danger zones of contemporary Jewish life', often at some cost.

Public Theology, Religious Diversity, and Interreligious Learning

Author : Manfred L. Pirner
Publisher : Routledge Research in Religion and Education
ISBN 13 : 9781138583924
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (839 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Public Theology, Religious Diversity, and Interreligious Learning by : Manfred L. Pirner

Download or read book Public Theology, Religious Diversity, and Interreligious Learning written by Manfred L. Pirner and published by Routledge Research in Religion and Education. This book was released on 2018 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Part A: public theology from diverse religious and non-religious perspectives -- Contributions of religions to the common good in pluralistic societies from a Christian perspective? : some critical remarks -- The contribution of religions to the common good in pluralistic societies : a Jewish perspective, exemplified by the concept of Tikkun Olam -- The contribution of religions to the common good in pluralistic societies : an Islamic perspective -- Islamic contributions to the universal conception of the common good in multi-confessional societies : hermeneutical foundations -- Towards enlightenment : Buddhism's contribution to common good through establishing contemplative culture -- The contributions of religions to the common good : philosophical perspectives -- Contributions of religions to the common good in a pluralistic society : an empirical answer from a sociological perspective -- Monotheism, curse or blessing? -- Part B. the challenge of interreligious dialogue and learning -- Public theology and interreligious dialogue -- Public theology or religious studies? : deliberations on the basis of multifaith religious education -- Public religious pedagogy and interreligious learning -- The public church and public religious education as forms of 'Protestant presence' : confessional and interreligious perspectives -- Islamic education in Europe : an opportunity for equal rights or a way to control Islam? -- The contribution of public religious education to promoting peace : perspectives from Israel -- The contribution of interreligious NGOs and interfaith initiatives to public education -- The spirituality of mindfulness: a religious contribution to public education

Jewish Law in Gentile Churches

Author : Markus Bockmuehl
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567087348
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (873 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Jewish Law in Gentile Churches by : Markus Bockmuehl

Download or read book Jewish Law in Gentile Churches written by Markus Bockmuehl and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2000-11-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the Gentile church keep Old Testament commandments about sex and idolatry, but disregard many others, like those about food or ritual purity? If there were any binding norms, what made them so, and on what basis were they articulated?In this important study, Markus Bockmuehl approaches such questions by examining the halakhic (Jewish legal) rationale behind the ethics of Jesus, Paul and the early Christians. He offers fresh and often unexpected answers based on careful biblical and historical study. His arguments have far-reaching implications not only for the study of the New Testament, but more broadly for the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.

Thinking about God

Author : Kari H. Tuling
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827618468
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Thinking about God by : Kari H. Tuling

Download or read book Thinking about God written by Kari H. Tuling and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry from the Academy of Parish Clergy Who--or what--is God? Is God like a person? Does God have a gender? Does God have a special relationship with the Jewish people? Does God intervene in our lives? Is God good--and, if yes, why does evil persist in the world? In investigating how Jewish thinkers have approached these and other questions, Rabbi Kari H. Tuling elucidates many compelling--and contrasting--ways of thinking about God in Jewish tradition. Thinking about God addresses the genuinely intertextual nature of evolving Jewish God concepts. Just as in Jewish thought the Bible and other historical texts are living documents, still present and relevant to the conversation unfolding now, and just as a Jewish theologian examining a core concept responds to the full tapestry of Jewish thought on the subject all at once, this book is organized topically, covers Jewish sources (including liturgy) from the biblical to the postmodern era, and highlights the interplay between texts over time, up through our own era. A highly accessible resource for introductory students, Thinking about God also makes important yet challenging theological texts understandable. By breaking down each selected text into its core components, Tuling helps the reader absorb it both on its own terms and in the context of essential theological questions of the ages. Readers of all backgrounds will discover new ways to contemplate God. Access a study guide.

Religion and Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union, 1941-1964

Author : Mordechai Altshuler
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 161168272X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Religion and Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union, 1941-1964 by : Mordechai Altshuler

Download or read book Religion and Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union, 1941-1964 written by Mordechai Altshuler and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2012 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unearths the roots of a national awakening among Soviet Jews during World War II and its aftermath

A Public Faith

Author : Miroslav Volf
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441232079
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Public Faith by : Miroslav Volf

Download or read book A Public Faith written by Miroslav Volf and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering such timely issues as witness in a multifaith society and political engagement in a pluralistic world, this compelling book highlights things Christians can do to serve the common good. Now in paperback. Praise for the cloth edition Named one of the "Top 100 Books" and one of the "Top 10 Religion Books" of 2011 by Publishers Weekly "Accessible, wise guidance for people of all faiths."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Highly original. . . . The book deserves a wide audience and is one that will affect its readers well after they have turned the final page."--Christianity Today (5-star review)

Jewish Theology in Our Time

Author : David J. Wolpe
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580236308
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Jewish Theology in Our Time by : David J. Wolpe

Download or read book Jewish Theology in Our Time written by David J. Wolpe and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful and challenging examination of what Jews believe today¿ by a new generation¿s dynamic and innovative thinkers. New in Paperback! At every critical juncture in Jewish history, Jews have understood a dynamic theology to be essential for a vital Jewish community. This important collection sets the next stage of Jewish theological thought, bringing together a cross section of interesting new voices from all movements in Judaism to inspire and stimulate discussion now and in the years to come. Provocative and wide-ranging, these invigorating and creative insights from a new generation¿s thought leaders provide a coherent and inspiring picture of Jewish belief in our time. The passionate voices of a new generation of Jewish thinkers continue the dialogue with God, examining the dynamics of what Jews can believe today. They explore: ¿ A dynamic God in process ¿ The canon of Jewish literature and its potential to be both contemporary and authentic to tradition ¿ Critical terms and categories for discussing Jewish theology ¿ The ongoing nature of the Jewish search for God ¿ Ruptures within the modern Jewish condition ¿ And much more

Jewish Theology

Author : Kaufmann Kohler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Jewish Theology by : Kaufmann Kohler

Download or read book Jewish Theology written by Kaufmann Kohler and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seek My Face, Speak My Name

Author : Arthur Green
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Seek My Face, Speak My Name by : Arthur Green

Download or read book Seek My Face, Speak My Name written by Arthur Green and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1992 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Jews. The book is at once a beginner's invitation to the profundity of Jewish spirituality and a rich rethinking of texts and positions for those who have already walked some distance along the Jewish path.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Author : Elaine Graham
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0334045983
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Between a Rock and a Hard Place by : Elaine Graham

Download or read book Between a Rock and a Hard Place written by Elaine Graham and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public theology is an increasingly important area of theological discourse with strong global networks of institutions and academics involved in it. Elaine Graham is one of the UK's leading theologians and an established SCM author. In this book, Elaine Graham argues that Western society is entering an unprecedented political and cultural era, in which many of the assumptions of classic sociological theory and of mainstream public theology are being overturned. Whilst many of the features of the trajectory of religious decline, typical of Western modernity, are still apparent, there are compelling and vibrant signs of religious revival, not least in public life and politics - local, national and global. This requires a revision of the classic secularization thesis, as well as much Western liberal political theory, which set out separate or at least demarcated terms of engagement between religion and the public domain. Elaine Graham examines claims that Western societies are moving from 'secular' to 'post-secular' conditions and traces the contours of the 'post-secular': the revival of faith-based engagement in public sphere alongside the continuing - perhaps intensifying - questioning of the legi¬timacy of religion in public life. She argues that public theology must rethink its theological and strategic priorities in order to be convincing in this new 'post-secular' world and makes the case for the renewed prospects for public theology as a form of Christian apologetics, drawing from Biblical, classical and contemporary sources.

Engendering Judaism

Author : Rachel Adler
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807036198
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (361 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Engendering Judaism by : Rachel Adler

Download or read book Engendering Judaism written by Rachel Adler and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999-09-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for 1998. How can women's full participation transform Jewish law, prayer, sexuality, and marriage? What does it mean to "engender" Jewish tradition? Pioneering theologian Rachel Adler gives this timely and powerful question its first thorough study in a book that bristles with humor, passion, intelligence, and deep knowledge of traditional biblical and rabbinic texts.

The Jewish Social Contract

Author : David Novak
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400824397
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Jewish Social Contract by : David Novak

Download or read book The Jewish Social Contract written by David Novak and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jewish Social Contract begins by asking how a traditional Jew can participate politically and socially and in good faith in a modern democratic society, and ends by proposing a broad, inclusive notion of secularity. David Novak takes issue with the view--held by the late philosopher John Rawls and his followers--that citizens of a liberal state must, in effect, check their religion at the door when discussing politics in a public forum. Novak argues that in a "liberal democratic state, members of faith-based communities--such as tradition-minded Jews and Christians--ought to be able to adhere to the broad political framework wholly in terms of their own religious tradition and convictions, and without setting their religion aside in the public sphere. Novak shows how social contracts emerged, rooted in biblical notions of covenant, and how they developed in the rabbinic, medieval, and "modern periods. He offers suggestions as to how Jews today can best negotiate the modern social contract while calling upon non-Jewish allies to aid them in the process. The Jewish Social Contract will prove an enlightening and innovative contribution to the ongoing debate about the role of religion in liberal democracies.

Arguing with God

Author : Anson Laytner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0765760258
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (657 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Arguing with God by : Anson Laytner

Download or read book Arguing with God written by Anson Laytner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an old proverb puts it, "Two Jews, three opinions." In the long, rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic contentiousness has often been extended even unto Heaven. Arguing with God is a highly original and utterly absorbing study that skates along the edge of this theological thin ice--at times verging dangerously close to blasphemy--yet also a source of some of the most poignant and deeply soulful expressions of human anguish and yearning. The name Israel literally denotes one who "wrestles with God." And, from Jacob's battle with the angel to Elie Wiesel's haunting questions about the Holocaust that hang in the air like still smoke over our own age, Rabbi Laytner admirably details Judaism's rich and pervasive tradition of calling God to task over human suffering and experienced injustice. It is a tradition that originated in the biblical period itself. Abraham, Moses, Elijah, and others all petitioned for divine intervention in their lives, or appealed forcefully to God to alter His proposed decree. Other biblical arguments focused on personal or communal suffering and anger: Jeremiah, Job, and certain Psalms and Lamentations. Rabbi Laytner delves beneath the surface of these "blasphemies" and reveals how they implicitly helped to refute the claims of opponent religions and advance Jewish doctrines and teachings.

The Invention of Jewish Theocracy

Author : Alexander Kaye
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190922745
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Invention of Jewish Theocracy by : Alexander Kaye

Download or read book The Invention of Jewish Theocracy written by Alexander Kaye and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about the attempt of Orthodox Jewish Zionists to implement traditional Jewish law (halakha) as the law of the State of Israel. These religious Zionists began their quest for a halakhic sate immediately after Israel's establishment in 1948 and competed for legal supremacy with the majority of Israeli Jews who wanted Israel to be a secular democracy. Although Israel never became a halachic state, the conflict over legal authority became the backdrop for a pervasive culture war, whose consequences are felt throughout Israeli society until today. The book traces the origins of the legal ideology of religious Zionists and shows how it emerged in the middle of the twentieth century. It further shows that the ideology, far from being endemic to Jewish religious tradition as its proponents claim, is a version of modern European jurisprudence, in which a centralized state asserts total control over the legal hierarchy within its borders. The book shows how the adoption (conscious or not) of modern jurisprudence has shaped religious attitudes to many aspects of Israeli society and politics, created an ongoing antagonism with the state's civil courts, and led to the creation of a new and increasingly powerful state rabbinate. This account is placed into wider conversations about the place of religion in democracies and the fate of secularism in the modern world. It concludes with suggestions about how a better knowledge of the history of religion and law in Israel may help ease tensions between its religious and secular citizens"--