David Novak
David Novak
David Novakis a Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law. He is an ordained Conservative rabbi and has also trained with Catholic moral theologians. Since 1997 he has taught religion and philosophy at the University of Toronto; his areas of interest are Jewish theology, ethics and biomedical ethics, political theoryand Jewish-Christian relations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTheologian
CountryUnited States of America
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God chose us to live both in body and in soul, but the body functions for the sake of the soul more than the soul functions for the body.
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Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them.
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Hold accountable the person who was brazen enough to look you in the eye and say how grateful he was to have participated in such a horrible, horrible crime. Hold him accountable.
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Humility is going to be critically important for him. It's going to be horrendous. It's going to be excruciating for him.
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I absolutely agree that it is horrendously wrong and she should have known better.
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Going into the year, our No. 1 challenge was to improve sales trends at Taco Bell and KFC, and I am encouraged by progress at both brands,
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I first came to Jewish-Catholic relations in 1963, while studying for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.
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A religious commitment coupled with theological awareness gives Jews a much better way to answer the claims made upon us by missionaries representing other religions than do the rather weak political and cultural arguments of the secularists.
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In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles back to the land of Israel, reestablish a Torah government there, and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
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In deciding among theological views, one should be something of a consequentialist: the choice of one theological position over another should be, if not actually determined, at least heavily conditioned by the fact that it implies a better ethical outcome than the alternatives.
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As a practicing Jew, I have studied with Christian teachers whom I respect for who they are and what they are, including their positive concern with Jews and Judaism.
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Theological reflection takes place within history, but the history within which it takes place is an ongoing, open-ended process.
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Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the same.
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Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.