The foundations of American Jewish liberalism /
American Jews have built a political culture based on the principle of equal citizenship in a secular state. This durable worldview has guided their political behavior from the founding to the present day. In The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism, Kenneth D. Wald traces the development of th...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
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Table of Contents:
- America is different
- Why American Jewish politics is puzzling
- How is America different?
- How Jews fell in love with the American regime
- Jewish political culture in the early national period
- Consolidating Jewish political culture
- Early twentieth century challenges to Jewish political culture
- Jewish political culture during the "long sixties" and after
- Resurgence of democratic partisanship in the post-New Deal era
- The persistence of the Jewish liberal tradition.