"In deciding among theological views, one should be……" — David Novak
"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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55 Quotes by David Novak
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Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral.
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Theology always has moral implications, and morality is always undergirded by theology.
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The common moral praxis of Jews and Christians is most definitely theologically informed by the doctrine we share in common:…
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A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law…
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The rabbi is often the regular preacher in the synagogue, the man whose sermons offer his community more general theological…
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When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it.
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