Jewish Polity and American Civil Society - Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Square

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Jewish Political Tradition and the English-Speaking World Part 2 Communal Agencies Chapter 3 "Defenders": National Jewish Community Relations Agencies Chapter 4 Local Community Relations Councils and Their National Body Chapter 5 History of Israel Advocacy Chapter 6 The Jewish Social Welfare Lobby in the United States Part 7 Religious Movements Chapter 8 The Conservative Movement and the Public Square Chapter 9 Reform Judaism, Minority Rights, and the Separation of Church and State Chapter 10 Mainstream Orthodoxy and the American Public Square Chapter 11 Haredim and the Public Square: The Nature of the Social Contract Chapter 12 Reconstructionism and the Public Square: A Multicultural Approach to Judaism in America Chapter 13 Jewish Renewal Chapter 14 Afterword

About the author

Edited by Alan Mittleman; Jonathan D. Sarna and Robert Licht - Contributions by Allan Arkush; Joel M. Carp; Daniel J. Elazar; Gordon M. Freeman; Lawrence Grossman; Samuel C. Heilman; Michael C. Kotzin; Martin J. Raffel; Lance J. Sussman; David A. Teutsch

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert Licht (Editor), Alan Mittleman (Editor), Mittleman Alan (Editor), Jonathan Sarna (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Jonathan D. Sarna (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2002
• EAN: 9780742521223
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2122-3
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; USA, RELIGION / Judaism / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Judaism / History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities