Moyers on democracy by Moyers, Bill D.

Table of Contents: “…A refusal to remember, May 14, 1987 : Honorary doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary (1987) --…”


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Faith finding meaning : a theology of Judaism by Sherwin, Byron L.

Table of Contents: “…From Crypto-Jews to Crypto-Judaism -- Substitute faiths -- The nature of Jewish theology -- Faith finding meaning -- Living in the covenant -- Rendezvous with God -- Meaning despite evil and absurdity -- Hope despite experience.…”


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Jewish Bible theology : perspectives and case studies

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary Jewish Bible theology : an overview / Isaac Kalimi -- Jewish theologies of scripture / Frederick E. Greenspahn -- Constructing the past : the recent history of Jewish biblical theology / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Fighting forms of idolatry : the meaning of an image of Moses in Jewish theology / Asa Kasher -- Jewish conceptions of the human factor in biblical prophecy / Moshe Greenberg -- Biblical destinies : conditional promises / Uriel Simon -- God and human rights in a secular society : a biblical-talmudic perspective / David Novak -- The biblical attitude toward human toil / Amos Frisch -- New Testament and rabbinic views of election / Joel Kaminsky -- Amalek and amalekut : a homiletic lesson / Zev Garber -- Foundations for a Jewish theology of the Hebrew Bible : prophets in dialogue / Marvin A. …”
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Jewish Bible theology perspectives and case studies

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary Jewish Bible theology : an overview / Isaac Kalimi -- Jewish theologies of scripture / Frederick E. Greenspahn -- Constructing the past : the recent history of Jewish biblical theology / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Fighting forms of idolatry : the meaning of an image of Moses in Jewish theology / Asa Kasher -- Jewish conceptions of the human factor in biblical prophecy / Moshe Greenberg -- Biblical destinies : conditional promises / Uriel Simon -- God and human rights in a secular society : a biblical-talmudic perspective / David Novak -- The biblical attitude toward human toil / Amos Frisch -- New Testament and rabbinic views of election / Joel Kaminsky -- Amalek and amalekut : a homiletic lesson / Zev Garber -- Foundations for a Jewish theology of the Hebrew Bible : prophets in dialogue / Marvin A. …”
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Understanding the other : an introduction to Christian and Jewish relations by Beyers, Jaco, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Section 1 -- Historic Overview -- 1 -- An overview of the history of relations between Judaism and Christianity -- 2 -- The God of the Jews and the God of the Christians -- 3 -- Messiah and Trinity -- 4 -- On being human: Ethics and sin -- Section 2 -- Theology of Religions -- 5 -- Continuity -- 6 -- Discontinuity -- 7 -- A Jewish theology of religions: Inclusivity -- 8 -- A Jewish theology of religions: Exclusivity -- 9 -- Conclusion -- References -- Index…”
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Studies in the meaning of Judaism by Borowitz, Eugene B.

Table of Contents: “…s Meaning for Judaism: A Contemporary Midrash -- 5 / 1961 Crisis Theology and the Jewish Community -- 6 / 1963 Faith and Method in Modern Jewish Theology -- 7 / 1964 Creative Worship in the Computer Age…”
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The new Reform Judaism : challenges and reflections by Kaplan, Dana Evan

Table of Contents: “…In search of a Reform Jewish theology -- A brief history of the American Reform movement -- To observe or not to observe? …”
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The new reform Judaism challenges and reflections by Kaplan, Dana Evan

Table of Contents: “…In search of a Reform Jewish theology -- A brief history of the American Reform movement -- To observe or not to observe? …”
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Singing the land : Hebrew music and early Zionism in America by Sperling, Eli

Table of Contents: “…Wise, The Jewish Institute of Religion, Abraham Wolf Binder, and New Palestinean folk songs in America -- Solomon Schechter, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Goldfarbs, and Harry Coopersmith -- Mordechai and Judith Kaplan, Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, and Moshe Nathanson : voices of Palestine -- The Jewish National Fund : land purchases in Palestine, fundraising in America, and Hebrew music.…”
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Judith Plaskow : feminism, theology, and justice

Table of Contents: “…The Contributors; Editors' Introduction to Series; Judith Plaskow: An Intellectual Portrait; The Academy as Real Life: New Participants and Paradigms in the Study of Religion; Jewish Theology in Feminist Perspective; Authority, Resistance, and Transformation: Jewish Feminist Reflections on Good Sex; Anti-Judaisim in Feminist Christian Interpretation; Interview with Judith plaskow June 24, 2012; Select Bibliography.…”
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Past imperatives : studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics by Newman, Louis E., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Nature and Torah, Creation and RevelationReligious 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…”
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Halakhah in a theological dimension by Novak, David

Table of Contents: “…-- Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Perspective of Jewish Tradition -- Judaism and Contemporary Bioethics -- The Threat of Nuclear War: Jewish Perspectives -- The Logic of the Covenant: An Essay in Systematic Jewish Theology.…”
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Masses and man : nationalist and Fascist perceptions of reality by Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann), 1918-1999

Table of Contents: “…--The secularization of Jewish theology.--The Jews and the German war experience, 1914-1918.…”


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Intersecting pathways : modern Jewish theologians in conversation with Christianity by Krell, Marc A. (Marc Aaron), 1967-

Table of Contents: “…From the Outside Looking In: Franz Rosenzweig's Construction of a Jewish Theology in Light of His Ambivalent Encounter with Christianity; 2. …”
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Religion at Ground Zero : Theological Responses to Times of Crisis by Brittain, Christopher Craig

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 In the Wake of Lisbon, Katrina and Haiti: On the Limits of Theodicy; Chapter 2 The 'War to End All Wars': Religion in the Trenches of the Great War; Chapter 3 Jewish Theological Responses to the Shoah; Chapter 4 September 11, 2001: Religion Reviled and Revived; Chapter 5 Belief and the Trauma of Catastrophic 'Events'; Chapter 6 Religion as Ground Zero?…”
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Catastrophes : a History and Theory of an Operative Concept

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; The Storyteller and the Seismograph; Unity, Plasticity, Catastrophe: Order and Pathology in the Cybernetic Era; The Last Man: The Birth of Modern Apocalypse in Jean Paul, John Martin, and Lord Byron; Accidents happen: The Industrial Accident in Interwar Germany; German Jewish Judges and the Permanent State of Catastrophe; Ending Time and again in Ruins: Catastrophe and its Discontents in Jewish Theology; The Obscenity of Objectivity: Post-Holocaust Anti-Semitism and the Invention-Discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.…”
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Healing the schism : Karl Barth, Franz Rosenzweig, and the new Jewish-Christian encounter by Rosner, Jennifer M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The election of Israel and Christian theology -- "Salvation is of the Jews": Karl Barth's doctrine of Israel and the church -- "The sprouting of our redemption": Franz Rosenzweig's theology of Judaism and Christianity -- "Torah shall go forth from Zion": Reconceiving Christology and ecclesiology in light of Israel -- Hastening toward the "Day that is entirely Shabbat": Mark Kinzer's Messianic Jewish theology -- Conclusion: Where do we go from here? …”
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Morality after Auschwitz : the radical challenge of the Nazi ethic by Haas, Peter J. (Peter Jerome)

Table of Contents: “…The prospective of insiders -- The reaction of outsiders -- Nuremberg: the failure of law -- Epilogue: Jewish theology and the rethinking of ethics.…”


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Dialogues between faith and reason : the death and return of God in modern German thought by Smith, John H., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Faith -- God and the Logos of Scientific Calculation (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Pascal) -- Kant: The Turn to Ethics as Logos -- Hegel: Logos as Spirit (Geist) -- Logos and Its Others: Feeling, the Abbys Willing, and Kritik (Schleiermacher, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Feuerbach) -- Nietzsche: Logos against Itself and the Death of God -- Being after the Death of God: Heidegger from Theo- to Onto- logos -- Dialectical Theology (Gogarten, Barth, Bultmann) -- "Atheistic" and Dialogical Jewish Theologies of the Other (Rosenzweig and Buber) -- Fides et Ratio: "Right Reason" and Europe in Contemporary Catholic Thought (Benedict XVI).…”
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Jewish thought in dialogue essays on thinkers, theologies, and moral theories by Shatz, David

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