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The Jewish Social Contract : An Essay in Political Theology /

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 a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Novak, David, 1941-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.