1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785621703321

Autore

Newman Louis E

Titolo

Past imperatives : studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics / / Louis E. Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y. : , : State University of New York Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-4384-1464-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in Jewish philosophy

Disciplina

296.3/6

Soggetti

Jewish ethics - Philosophy

Jewish law - Philosophy

Judaism - Doctrines

Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Ethics: Applied and Theoretical, Prescriptive and Descriptive""; ""The Modern Study of Jewish Ethics""; ""Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics""; ""Content ""; ""Part One: Ethics and Law""; ""Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha""; ""The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered""; ""Talmudic Sources""; ""The Status of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin""

""Interpreting Lifnim Mishurat Radin: A Fresh Perspective"" ""Ethics as Law, Law as Religion""; ""Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism""; ""The Evidence""; ""The Parameters of the Debate""; ""Reframing the Issues""; ""Law and Ethics in the Context of Judaism as a Religious System""; ""Covenant and Contract""; ""A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics""; ""The Centrality of Covenant""; ""Covenant and Contract: A Typology of Relationships""; ""Covenant Theologies and Jewish Ethics""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part Two: Ethics and Theology""; ""The Quality of Mercy""



""On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic Tradition"" ""A Philosophical Model of Forgiveness""; ""Judaic Sources on Forgiveness""; ""The Theological Foundation of the Duty to Forgive""; ""Jewish Theology and Bioethics""; ""The Character of Traditional Jewish Ethics""; ""Some Principles of Jewish Biomedical Ethics""; ""Jewish Medical Ethics in a Wider Context""; ""Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation""; ""On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism""; ""Natural Law: Issues of Definition""; ""Natural Law in Judaism: Redefining the Question, Reexamining the Texts""

""Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation"" ""Religious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics""; ""Revelation, Historicism, and the Search for Moral Norms""; ""God's Presence in History: Reconstructing Jewish Theology""; ""Jewish Theology, Covenant, and Ethics""; ""Part Three: Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Woodchoppers and Respirators""; ""The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics: Description and Analysis""; ""The Interpretation of Texts in a Legal Tradition""

""Contemporary Jewish Ethics-A Reassessment"" ""Text and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics""; ""Jewish Ethics in the Modern World""; ""Models in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""The Hermeneutics of Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""The Concept of Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Talking Ethics with Strangers""; ""A View from Jewish Tradition""; ""The Nature of Secular Bioethics""; ""How Judaism Can Contribute to Secular Bioethics""; ""Englehardt and Secular Bioethics Revisited""; ""Conclusion""; ""New Directions in the Study of the Ethics of Judaism""; ""Jewish Ethics in the Context of Judaism""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963988403321

Titolo

Culture or chaos in the village : the journey to cultural fluency / / edited by Ursula Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010

ISBN

979-82-16-34943-3

1-282-92306-4

9786612923067

1-60709-926-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasUrsula <1972->

Disciplina

371.1

Soggetti

Learning, Psychology of

Urban schools - United States

Minority students - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in partnership with the Association of Teacher Educators."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten

Sommario/riassunto

Readers of this book will learn how to create and/or examine critical issues about culture and beliefs and the way these issues influence perceptions on how diverse learners experience learning. This book motivates the reader to examine, their own biases about instructional choices in the context of culture in classrooms.