Jews and the American public square : debating religion and republic / edited by Alan Mittleman, Robert Licht, and Jonathan D. Sarna.

Other author Mittleman, Alan.
Other author Licht, Robert.
Other author Sarna, Jonathan D.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2002.
Descriptionx, 375 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Jews--United States. --History.
Jews--United States. --Politics and government.
Jews--Legal status, laws, etc. --United States.
Judaism and politics.
Religion and state.
Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Ethnic relations.

Contents An overview of American Jewish defense / Naomi W. Cohen -- Church-state dilemmas of American Jews / Jonathan D. Sarna -- Believers and the founders' Constitution / Ralph Lerner -- The rule of law and the establishment clause / Martin J. Plax -- Religion and liberal democracy / Marc D. Stern -- Jewish activism in the Washington "square" : an analysis and prognosis / Marshall J. Breger -- Uncertain steps : American Jews in the new public square / Harvey Sicherman -- The Jewish debate over state aid to religious schools / Jack Wertheimer -- Jewish involvement in the American public square : the organizational disconnect / Sherry Israel -- Public Jews and private acts : family and personal choices in the public square and in the private realm / Sylvia Barack Fishman -- Jewish critics of strict separationism / David G. Dalin -- 12. Under his own vine and fig tree : the contemporary Jewish approach to religion in American public life and its problems / Hillel Fradkin -- Toward a Jewish public philosophy in America / David Novak.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002007468
ISBN0742521230 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742521249 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E184.36.P64 J48 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold