
Between Religion and Reason (Part II)
The Position against Contradiction between Reason and Revelation in Contemporary Jewish Thought from Eliezer Goldman to Jonathan Sacks
Ephraim Chamiel(Author)
Academic Studies Press
Published on 1. July 2021
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-1-64469-570-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is dedicated to an analysis of the writings of modern religious Jewish thinkers who adopted a neo-fundamentalist, illusionary, apologetic approach, opposing the notion that there may sometimes be a contradiction between reason and revelation. The book deals with the thought of Eliezer Goldman, Norman Lamm, David Hartman, Aharon Lichtenstein, Jonathan Sacks, and Michael Abraham. According to these thinkers, it is possible to resolve all of the difficulties that arise from the encounter between religion and science, between reason and revelation, between the morality of halakhah and Western morality, between academic scholarship and tradition, and between scientific discoveries and statements found in the Torah. This position runs counter to the stance of other Jewish thinkers who espouse a different, more daring approach. According to the latter view, irresolvable contradictions between reason and faith sometimes face the modern Jewish believer, who must reconcile himself to these two conflicting truths and learn to live with them. This dialectic position was discussed in Between Religion and Reason, Part I (Academic Studies Press, 2020). The present volume, Part II, completes the discussion of this topic. This book concludes a trilogy of works by the author dealing with modern Jewish thought that attempts to integrate tradition and modernity. The first in the series was The Middle Way (Academic Studies Press, 2014), followed by The Dual Truth (Academic Studies Press, 2018).
Reviews / Votes
"Chamiel's offers in-depth, often opinionated comparative analysis."- Zev Garber, Reading Religion
"In his fascinating two-part series Between Religion and Reason, Dr. Ephraim Chamiel has written a mesmerizing work that details the never-ending tension between science and reason on one side and revelation and religion on the other. (...) Chamiel should be commended for putting this extraordinary work together. This is a brilliant survey of some of the brightest philosophical minds of the last 100 years. While this is an extremely challenging and profound book, it is also quite intellectually rewarding."
- Ben Rothke, The Jewish Link
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Brighton
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
537 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64469-570-8 (9781644695708)
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Person
Dr. Ephraim Chamiel received his doctorate from the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is an independent scholar of contemporary Jewish thought and a board member of the Jerusalem Opera.
Content
Translator's Note
1. Introduction
2. Eliezer Goldman
3. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm
4. Rabbi Prof. David Hartman
5. Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein
6. Rabbi Prof. Lord Jonathan Sacks
7. Rabbi Dr. Michael Abraham
8. Summary and Conclusions
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index of Names
1. Introduction
2. Eliezer Goldman
3. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm
4. Rabbi Prof. David Hartman
5. Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein
6. Rabbi Prof. Lord Jonathan Sacks
7. Rabbi Dr. Michael Abraham
8. Summary and Conclusions
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index of Names