TY - BOOK ID - 77922048 TI - Faith, reason and politics : essays on the history of Jewish thought PY - 2013 SN - 1618110845 9781618110848 9781936235872 1936235870 PB - Boston : Academic Studies Press, DB - UniCat KW - Faith and reason KW - Jewish philosophy. KW - Jews KW - Philosophy, Jewish KW - Philosophy, Israeli KW - Faith and reason (Jewish theology) KW - Judaism. KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77922048 AB - The past decade has witnessed renewed interest in the faith-reason debate. But all too often the debate is treated in generic terms, without paying attention either to differences between religious traditions or to the historical development of these traditions. Judaism, with its emphasis on religious law, yields insights into the political ramifications of the problem that differ greatly from Christian approaches. In Faith, Reason, Politics, Michah Gottlieb explores Jewish approaches to the faith-reason debate through detailed analyses of Jewish thinkers from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries, including Judah Halevi, Maimonides, Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Leo Strauss. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in the problem of faith versus reason and in the relationship between religion and politics. ER -