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The Politics of Torah : The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel
author
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Mittleman, Alan.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0791430782
print isbn13
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9780791430781
ebook isbn13
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9780585091914
language
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English
subject
Judaism and politics, Agudat Israel, Orthodox Judaism--Political aspects.
publication date
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1996
lcc
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BM645.P64M58 1996eb
ddc
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296.3/877
subject
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Judaism and politics, Agudat Israel, Orthodox Judaism--Political aspects.
The Politics of Torah
The Jewish Political Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel
Alan L. Mittleman
State University of New York Press
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1996 State University of New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mittleman, Alan. The politics of Torah: the Jewish political tradition and the founding of Agudat Israel / Alan L. Mittleman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-8077-4 (hc: acid-free). ISBN 0-7914-3078-2. (pb: acid-free) 1. Judaism and politics. 2. Agudat Israel. 3. Orthodox JudaismPolitical aspects. I. Title. BM645.P64M53 1996 296.3'877dc2095-49366 CIP
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This book is dedicated to my wife, Patti, who stood by me at every point, caring for our children, Ari and Joel, and for our home during the difficult time when I was in Germany. Her patience and fortitude are a wonder, and are admired by all who know her. May we go from strength to strength together.
Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
1. Interpreting the Sacred Polity: The Concept of the Jewish Political Tradition
25
2. The Sacred Polity in Transition: Medieval Norms and Modern Ideals
49
3. Renewing the Sacred Polity: The Founding of Agudat Israel
93
Conclusion
141
Notes
147
Bibliography
185
Index
195
Page ix
Preface
In the late twentieth century, religion and politics have become inextricable. Powerful fundamentalist movements, a term one must use with misgivings, have developed not only in Christianity and Islam, but in Buddhism and Hinduism as well. Something in the nature of modernity has produced an impressive, often worrisome realignment of religious forces. Contrary to earlier prognoses of inevitable secularization and the diminution of the public force of religion, our period daily witnesses struggles over the role of religion in modernized or modernizing societies that seem to wax rather than wane in intensity. One simply cannot afford to ignore the nexus of religion and politics.
The issues are interesting, however, not only because these so-called fundamentalist movements challenge the assumptions of the liberal West. They are interesting because, as William James might have put it, they derive from live and momentous options. The relation of religious faith and ethics to contemporary public life remains controversial. Not all the options, but many of the options remain open.
Since graduate school, I have been fascinated by the interaction of religion and politics. My concern has been both descriptive and normative. The ways of both Weber and Troeltsch, of the social scientist and the social scientifically-oriented theologian, interested me. As a graduate student, I was an avid reader of Reinhold Niebuhr and some time later
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of such Catholic treatments of religion and political order as are found in the writings of John Courtney Murray. Illuminating as this literature was, however, I sought, especially for normative reasons, serious Jewish treatments of the theme.
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