Judaism and Gender (October 19th and 21st) Flashcards
1
Q
Covenant
A
binding obligation
Indissoluble
violation does not terminate - negative repercussions
2
Q
Contract
A
Based on relationship of trust
terminated by mutual consent
3
Q
Limits of liberalism (3 authors)
A
Kymlicka
Nussbaum
Novak
4
Q
Berger on jewish sexual ethics
A
an “oscillation” between poles of continuity
5
Q
Novak on jewish marriage and divorce
A
“too far within the interior of covenantal Jewish life” to allow external control over them
6
Q
Reform
A
more humanist and liberal denomination
7
Q
Conservative
A
concerned with being the people of God
8
Q
Orthodox
A
concerned with divinely revealed laws of God
9
Q
Norma Joseph on Bruker vs Marcovitz
A
Denies ability to use religious freedom as “a shield to shirk an obligation”
10
Q
the law used as a shield rather than
A
a sword to sanction religious conduct
