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1	Americanism: The Fourth Great Western Religion more books like this by David Gelernter add to wishlist Gelernter argues that America is not a secular nation, but a powerful religious idea--indeed, a religion in its own right. He presents a startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America, and explores why the U.S. is loved--and hated--with so much passion at home and abroad. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.35!
2	On Modern Jewish Politics more books like this by Ezra Mendelsohn add to wishlist In this book Ezra Mendelsohn presents a concise guide to the complexities of modern diaspora Jewish politics. He divides the various Jewish political parties and organizations into a number of schools or 'camps, ' provides a geography of Jewish politics, and analyzes the results of the competition among the different camps for hegemony in the ... see all copies from $2.41! new only from $8.53! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Jewish Political Tradition: Volume I: Authority more books like this by Professor Michael Walzer (Editor), Mr. Menachem Lorberbaum (Editor), Yair Lorberbaum (Editor) add to wishlist This book launches a landmark four-volume collaborative work exploring the political thought of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present. Each volume includes a selection of texts from the Bible and Talmud, midrashic literature, legal responsa, treatises, and pamphlets annotated for modern readers and accompanied by new ... see all copies from $18.62! new only from $31.47! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Judaism as a civilization; toward a reconstruction of American-Jewish life more books like this by Mordecai Menahem Kaplan add to wishlist Judaism as a Civilization remains one of the most original and thought-provoking contributions toward creating a comprehensive program for creative Jewish life. In this seminal work, Kaplan offers his now famous concept of Judaism as an evolving religious civilization. For Judaism to survive and grow, Jews must continue to reconstruct their ... see all copies from $26.00!
5	Jews and Power more books like this by Ruth R Wisse add to wishlist It is Wisses bracing theory that the Jewish people have been corrupted--not by power but by powerlessness. She argues that in displaying the resilience necessary to survive in exile, the Jews left too much to God thereby increasing their vulnerability to scapegoating and violence. see all copies from $3.11! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Metaphysics of the Profane: The Political Theology of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem more books like this by Professor Eric Jacobson add to wishlist Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. Together they produced a dynamic body of ideas that has had a lasting impact on the study of religion, philosophy, and literary criticism.Drawing from Benjamin's and Scholem's ideas on messianism, language, and divine justice, ... see all copies from $4.72! new only from $6.98!
7	Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State more books like this by Steven Mazie add to wishlist In "Israel's Higher Law", Steven Mazie sheds new light on the relationship between liberalism and religion through a detailed assessment of the Jewish state. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Israeli citizens, this compelling work scrutinizes the ways in which Israelis conceptualize and debate their polity's religion-state arrangement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
8	From Chaos to Harmony: The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah more books like this by Michael Laitman, Rabbi, Rav Michael Laitman add to wishlist This book reveals the factors contributing to the perilous state in which we find our world today. Many researchers and scientists agree that the cause of humankind's problems is the human ego. Yet Laitman's groundbreaking new book not only demonstrates that ego has been the basis for all suffering throughout human history but also reveals why we ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.07! \| SVS
9	Jewish Polity and American Civil Society: Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Sphere more books like this by Alan L Mittleman (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Robert A Licht (Editor) add to wishlist Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs. Over the course of the last century, Jewish agencies and religious ... see all copies from $28.92! new only from $32.00! \| SVS
10	Tikkun: To Heal, Repair, and Transform the World: An Anthology more books like this by Michael Lerner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Spiritual Activism: A Jewish Guide to Leadership and Repairing the World more books like this by Avraham Weiss, Professor Alan M Dershowitz (Foreword by) add to wishlist Perhaps the most fundamental principle in Judaism is that every person is created in the image of God. Just as God gives and cares, so too do we have the natural capacity to be giving and caring. When we work to ignite this divine spark in those around us, and inspire them to do good for others, we engage in spiritual activism. In this provocative ... see all copies from $8.19! new only from $10.17! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Deadly Embrace: The Impact of Israeli and Palestinian Rejectionism on the Peace Process more books like this by Ilana Kass, Bard E O'Neill add to wishlist The purpose of this book is three-fold. First, drawing on a wide array of primary and secondary sources, it aims to compare and contrast the historical roots, goals, strategies, organizational structures and current activities of Palestinian and Israeli opponents of any mutual compromise. Second, the book assesses the dynamic interaction of two ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.65! \| SVS
13 view cover	Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic more books like this by Alan L Mittleman (Editor), Robert A Licht (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist A study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and analyzes Jewish responses to the religion clauses of the First Amendment. It also explores how the contemporary sociological and political characteristics of ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $11.00!
14	Theology, Politics, and Peace more books like this by Theodore H Runyon (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Jewish Social Contract: An Essay in Political Theology more books like this by David Novak add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $64.11! \| first editions
16 view cover	Kinship and Consent: The Jewish Political Tradition and Its Contemporary Uses more books like this by Daniel Judah Elazar add to wishlist 52.50 see all copies from $16.39! new only from $47.48!
17 view cover	Rabbinic Political Theory: Religion and Politics in the Mishnah more books like this by Jacob Neusner add to wishlist In "The Economics of the Mishnah "Jacob Neusner showed how economics functioned as an active and generative ingredient in the system of the Mishnah. With this new study, "Rabbinic Political Theory," he moves from the economics to the politics of the Mishnah, placing that politics in the broader context of ancient political theory. Neusner begins ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $35.06! \| first editions
18 view cover	Tikkun Olam: Social Responsibility in Jewish Thought and Law more books like this by David Shatz (Editor), Chaim I Waxman (Editor), Nathan J Diament (Editor) add to wishlist 49.95 see all copies from $25.00! new only from $32.87! \| SVS
19 view cover	Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square more books like this by Alan L Mittleman add to wishlist This book explores the often controversial topic of how religion ought to relate to American public life. The sixteen distinguished contributors, both Jewish and Christian, reflect on the topic out of their own disciplines-which include social ethics, political theory, philosophy, law, history, theology, and sociology. see all copies from $21.76! new only from $21.76!
20	The ambivalent American Jew; politics, religion and family in American Jewish life more books like this by Charles S. Liebman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Politics of European Union Regional Policy more books like this by Ian Bache add to wishlist This text offers a review of the European Union's structural policy, taking account of both the development of policies at EU level and of their implementation by Member States. The discussion of structural policy is situated within debates about the nature of policy-making in the EU. see all copies from $37.00! new only from $37.00!
22 view cover	The Mishnah, Social Perspectives more books like this by Professor Jacob Neusner, PH.D. add to wishlist For Aristotle, politics, economics and philosophy define the social construction of any society. For Judaism, the Mishnah - along with Scripture - sets forth the systematic statement for understanding the social construction and world view of Judaism around 200 AD. The Mishnah functioned as the basic law in the Holy Land and was adopted also by ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $11.99!
23 view cover	Benjamin Disraeli: The Fabricated Jew in Myth and Memory more books like this by Bernard Glassman add to wishlist Benjamin Disraeli utilizes previously ignored or little known sources to provide new insights into how one of the most famous Jewish converts was viewed by the Jewish community he ignored and by the larger Christian world that would not accept him. This book shows how a myth can take on a life of its own in the collective memory of the Jewish ... see all copies from $22.00! new only from $39.13!
24	Rabbi: The American Experience more books like this by Murray Polner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Politics of Torah: The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel more books like this by Alan L Mittleman add to wishlist Founded in Germany in 1912, Agudat Israel was the first comprehensive, international political movement among Orthodox Jews. This study examines the forces that led to its formation, setting its history into the context of both the millennial Jewish political tradition and the Jewish struggle with the disenchanting effects of modernity. Mittleman ... see all copies from $6.84! new only from $9.98!

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