![]() | The Jewish Social Contract: An Essay in Political Theology Subjects: Judaism and state; Social contract -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Judaism and politics; Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Secularism -- Political aspects; 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 is J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of eleven books, including Covenantal Rights (Princeton), which won the 2000 American Academy of Religion Award for best book in constructive religious thought. |
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