Tradition in the Public Square: a David Novak Reader (Radical Traditions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802830722 ISBN 13: 9780802830722

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2008

Synopsis

Tradition in the Public Square collects key essays by David Novak, one of the world's leading contemporary Jewish thinkers. Novak's insightful writings in this reader address the inextricable relationship between philosophical and theological matters and present the implications of his philosophical theology for social ethics and theo-politics.

“One of the marks -- perhaps the most important mark -- of a great thinker is the ability to respond to the conditions and problems of one's time by changing the terms of the conversation. By this standard, David Novak ranks as one of the great American theologians of our time. His work, a response to the primary issue confronting modern Judaism -- namely, what it means to be a part of Western culture yet separate from its secularized form of life -- has helped to make Jewish theology and philosophy thriving fields in North American university life.” -- from the introduction

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Review

"Religious Studies Review"
Novak adds his distinctive Jewish perspective into the postliberal theological and philosophical conversation.
"First Things"
Jews and Christians can learn how to be theologians by reading David Novak.
"Jewish Book World"
This complex scholarly collection of essays written by Novak over more than three decades is as much a tribute to the genius that Novak brings from the secular philosophical world and the Jewish scholarship field as it is an overview of his perspectives on a variety of issues. "

"Religious Studies Review" Novak adds his distinctive Jewish perspective into the postliberal theological and philosophical conversation. "First Things" Jews and Christians can learn how to be theologians by reading David Novak. "Jewish Book World" This complex scholarly collection of essays written by Novak over more than three decades is as much a tribute to the genius that Novak brings from the secular philosophical world and the Jewish scholarship field as it is an overview of his perspectives on a variety of issues. "

Religious Studies Review
-Novak adds his distinctive Jewish perspective into the postliberal theological and philosophical conversation.-

First Things
-Jews and Christians can learn how to be theologians by reading David Novak.-

Jewish Book World
-This complex scholarly collection of essays written by Novak over more than three decades is as much a tribute to the genius that Novak brings from the secular philosophical world and the Jewish scholarship field as it is an overview of his perspectives on a variety of issues.-

About the Author

Randi L. Rashkover is associate professor of religiousstudies and director of the Judaic Studies Program atGeorge Mason University. She is the author ofRevelation and Theopolitics: Barth, Rosenzweig, and thePolitics of Praise and Freedom and Law: A Jewish-, Christian Apologetics.

Edition details

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802830722
• ISBN 13: 9780802830722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Rashkover Associate Professor Director Of Religious Studies Director Judaic Studies Randi, Kavka Professor Martin