Tradition in the Public Square: A David Novak Reader (Radical Traditions (RT))

Rashkover, Randi

ISBN 10: 0802830722 / ISBN 13: 9780802830722

Published by Eerdmans, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tradition in the Public Square: A David Novak Reader (Radical Traditions (RT))
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802830722
• ISBN 13: 9780802830722
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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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

About the Authors

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.

Martin Kavka is associate professor of religious studies atFlorida State University. He is the author of JewishMessianism and the History of Philosophy.