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UNINA9910455404903321 |
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Autore |
Novak David <1941-> |
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Titolo |
The Jewish social contract [[electronic resource] ] : an essay in political theology / / David Novak |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-15733-7 |
9786612157332 |
1-4008-2439-7 |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Judaism and state |
Social contract - Religious aspects - Judaism |
Judaism and politics |
Democracy - Religious aspects - Judaism |
Covenants - Religious aspects - Judaism |
Secularism - Political aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Formulating the Jewish social contract -- The covenant -- The covenant reaffirmed -- The law of the state -- Kingship and secularity -- Modern secularity -- The social contract and Jewish-Christian relations -- The Jewish social contract in secular public policy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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