Religion as a Public Good Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square

by Mittleman, Alan; Broyde, Michael; Chemerinsky, Erwin; Dollinger, Marc; Dorff, Rabbi Elliot N.; Edwards, Mickey; Elshtain, Jean Bethke; Galston, William A.; Gottsegen, Michael; Hasson, Kevin J.; Himmelfarb, Gertrude; Novak, David; Raschke, Carl A.; Sacks,

• ISBN13: 9780742531246
• ISBN10: 0742531244
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michael J. Broyde is an associate professor of law at Emory University School of Law Erwin Chemerinsky is Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science at the University of Southern California Marc Dollinger holds the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University Elliot N. Dorff, rabbi, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles and visiting professor at the UCLA School of Law Mickey Edwards is the John Quincy Adams Lecturer in Legislative Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago William A. Galston is Sol I. Stern Professor at the University of Maryland Michael Gottsegen, Ph.D. is a senior fellow at CLAL -- The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Kevin J. "Seamus" Hasson is president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Gertrude Himmelfarb is professor emerita of history at the Graduate School of the City University of New York Alan Mittleman is professor of religion and head of the Department of Religion at Muhlenberg College David Novak is J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto Carl Raschke is professor of religious studies and chair of the department at the University of Denver Jonathan Sacks is chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth. He is an honorary fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Kenneth D. Wald is Research Foundation Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida Alan Wolfe is professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Liberal Social Contract and the Privatization of Religion	p. 13
"A Proper Blessing?": The Jew and the American Public Square	p. 27
The Theological-Political Predicament of American Jewry	p. 49
The Probable Persistence of American Jewish Liberalism	p. 65
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	p. 91
American Jewry, Pre- and Post-9/11	p. 113
Traditional Judaism and American Citizenship	p. 127
A Jewish Policy on Church-State Relations	p. 141
Jewish Law and American Public Policy: A Principled Jewish Law View and Some Practical Jewish Observations	p. 161
Religious Diversity and the Common Good	p. 185
Religion and the Public Good	p. 199
Judaism Influencing American Public Philosophy	p. 231
9/11 and the Aftershocks: Rethinking American Secularism and Religious Pluralism	p. 249
The Jew in the American Public Square	p. 267
From China to Jersey City: Religious Pluralism, Religious Liberty, and Human Rights	p. 285
Afterword: Looking Forward: From Jewish Interest to Judaic Principle	p. 295
Index	p. 321
About the Contributors	p. 333
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