Ethical Monotheism

Ethical Monotheism
Author: Ehud Benor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1351263943

The term Ethical Monotheism is an important marker in Judaism’s tumultuous transition into the modern era. The term emerged in the context of culture-wars concerning the question of whether or not Jews could or should become emancipated citizens of modern European states. It appeared in arguments whether or not Judaism could be considered a Religion of Reason—a symbolic, motivational representation of a universal morality, and in debates about whether or not Judaism could or should reform itself into a Religion of Reason. This book is both a decisive departure from such discussions and an attempt to add a further, post-modern, statement to their ongoing development. As departure, it refuses to take for granted a philosophical conception of Religion of Reason as the standard for Ethical Monotheism according to which Judaism was to be evaluated or reformed. As continuation, the book undertakes a phenomenology of Jewish modes of ethical religiosity that allows it to inquire what kind of ethical monotheism Judaism might be. Through sophisticated analysis of select "snapshots," or "fragments of a hologram," guided by a robust theory of religion, the author discloses Judaic ethical monotheism as an ongoing wrestling with the meaning of justice. By closely examining five main "snapshots" of this long process—the Bible, rabbinic Judaism, Maimonides, The Zohar, and the modern philosophers, Buber and Levinas—the author offers his own constructive philosophy of Judaism and his own distinctive philosophy of religion. Ethical Monotheism offers a new way to think about Judaism as a religion and as a coherent philosophical debate, and demonstrates the need to integrate philosophy, history, cognitive psychology, anthropology, theology, and history of science in the study of "religion."

Monotheism and Tolerance

Monotheism and Tolerance
Author: Robert Erlewine
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2010-01-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253221560

Monotheism and Tolerance suggests a way to deal with the intractable problem of religiously motivated and justified violence.

Monotheism & Ethics

Monotheism & Ethics
Author: Y. Tzvi Langermann
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2011-11-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004194290

Fourteen essays by leading scholars from around the world explore the theological, philosophical, and historical connections between the three Abrahamic faiths and ethics. Timely reading for students of religion, philosophy, and ethics.

Radical Monotheism and Western Culture

Radical Monotheism and Western Culture
Author: Helmut Richard Niebuhr
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664253264

This reissue of a classic work of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the most influential and creative theological ethicists of the twentieth century, highlights his mature thinking. By using path-breaking interpretations of faith as a basic dimension of human life and culture as an arena of faith in conflict, Niebuhr encourages further thought. This volume should be required reading for anyone interested in recent perspectives on theology and ethics. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

Beyond Monotheism

Beyond Monotheism
Author: Laurel Schneider
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1135947821

Beyond Monotheism is an absorbing and lyrical exploration of the possibility of a new, living theology of multiplicity that is grounded in fluidity, change and incarnation.

Ethical Monotheism, Past and Present

Ethical Monotheism, Past and Present
Author: Wendell S. Dietrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

In the spirit of Dietrich's work, essays by colleagues and former students of the Brown U. professor emeritus explore the boundaries of ethical monotheistic religion historically and as a constructive resource for contemporary religious and ethical thought. Ethical monotheism, the view that monotheistic religion developed toward the prophets' central concern with individual and corporate moral behavior, has dominated modern religious thought since Kant. Dietrich traced its development in Jewish and Christian contexts in his classic monograph Cohen and Troeltsch and other works. c. Book News Inc.

The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man

The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man
Author: Henri Frankfort
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 022611256X

The people in ancient times the phenomenal world was teeming with life; the thunderclap, the sudden shadow, the unknown and eerie clearing in the wood, all were living things. This unabridged edition traces the fascinating history of thought from the pre-scientific, personal concept of a "humanized" world to the achievement of detached intellectual reasoning. The authors describe and analyze the spiritual life of three ancient civilizations: the Egyptians, whose thinking was profoundly influenced by the daily rebirth of the sun and the annual rebirth of the Nile; the Mesopotamians, who believed the stars, moon, and stones were all citizens of a cosmic state; and the Hebrews, who transcended prevailing mythopoeic thought with their cosmogony of the will of God. In the concluding chapter the Frankforts show that the Greeks, with their intellectual courage, were the first culture to discover a realm of speculative thought in which myth was overcome.

The Idea of Monotheism

The Idea of Monotheism
Author: Jack Shechter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: God (Judaism).
ISBN: 9780761870432

Jack Shechter explores the idea of monotheism as it has evolved over the centuries: the belief in the existence of the One God who fashioned the world and remains involved in it and with humanity and its values.

The Future of Jewish Theology

The Future of Jewish Theology
Author: Steven Kepnes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2012-10-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1118320956

This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world. Explores foundational Jewish structures and concepts through the discussion and interpretation of Jewish texts Argues that we must acknowledge holiness as a ritual and ethical reality in order to heal the rift between different forms of Jewish practice and theology Covers historical context as well as the relations between Judaism, Israel and the wider world today Speaks to both Jews and non-Jews and demonstrates through textual readings how Jews, Christians, and Muslims can understand and share their theological riches