Faith and freedom
Subtitle: Moses Mendelssohn's theological-political thought
By: Michah Gottlieb.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780195398946
Subjects: Mendelssohn, Moses, -- 1729-1786; Judaism and philosophy; Faith and reason -- Judaism; Enlightenment; Jewish philosophy; Judaism and politics
Description: Michah Gottlieb offers a new reading of Moses Mendelssohn's life and writings, arguing that he defends pre-modern Jewish religious concepts sincerely, but unconsciously gives them a humanistic valence appropriate to life in a diverse, enlightened society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: God is good : the harmony between Judaism and enlightenment philosophy; title: Philosophy and law : shaping Judaism for the modern world; title: Either/or : Jacobi's attack on the moderate enlightenment; title: Enlightenment reoriented : Mendelssohn's pragmatic religious idealism.