Word: judeo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much liberating imagery as repressive to be found in the Bible and the Constitution; these sources of wisdom and inspiration need not remain the preserve of the misguided far Right. It is up to the Left to find a way to fit the democratic ideals of Americanism and Judeo-Christian justice into its broader program. There are already encouraging signs in the widespread Catholic opposition to the arms race and intervention in Central America, and in the rhetoric of such anti-New Right groups as People for the American Way and Americans for Common Sense. But liberals need to move...
...neoconservative, in a spirited (and spiritual) new defense. Reflecting on the "new order" in America that European-influenced moral philosophers have long ignored, Novak argues that democracy and a free economy are the natural embodiment of the ideals of liberty and individual worth that are the foundation of the Judeo-Christian tradition. "Such hope as we have for alleviating poverty and for removing oppressive tyranny-perhaps our last, best hope-lies in this much despised system," he writes in The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (Simon & Schuster; 433 pages...
Sorry, Repentance and redemption remain at the center of the Judeo-Christian ethic, and one can construct a neat political universe based on the phenomenon of apologia. Some points on the spectrum of political apologists, ranging from Left to Right, include Noam Chomsky. Anthony Lewis '48. Henry Kissinger '50, and Norman Podhoret. Without passing judgement on the issues for which these apologists apologize, or the calculations of interest lurking beheath, one can safely conclude that the art of apology persists...
Rabbi Jacob J Petuchowski a specialist in Judeo-Christian dialogue and Jewish liturgical traditions, said yesterday he hopes to teach "the Christian theology of Judaism and the Jewish theology of Christianity--how each religion looks upon the other...
Petuchowski, who is currently a professor of Judeo-Christian studies at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, will fill the chair in 1984-85. "They wanted me earlier, but that's the earliest I can get away from here," Petuchowski said...