Introduction
1: Truth
2: Ethics
3: Our Overall Good
4: Revelation
5: Ethical Faith
6: Receiving Revelation
7: Diversity and Respect
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Samuel Fleischacker is a Professor of Philosophy at the University
of Illinois-Chicago. His previous work has focused on Enlightenment
moral and political thought, especially that of Kant and Adam
Smith, and on conceptions of culture, liberalism, and distributive
justice. He is the author of Divine Teaching and the Way of the
World (OUP, 2011), On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A
Philosophical Companion (Princeton University Press, 2004), and
A Short History of Distributive Justice (Harvard University Press,
2004), and editor of Heidegger's Jewish Followers (Duquesne
University Press, 2008). He is Director of Jewish Studies at the
University of
Illinois-Chicago.
It isn't easy to say something powerful and accessible in Jewish
theology, but Samuel Fleischacker has in this brief, elegant volume
done just that. With lucidity, rich learning worn lightly, deep
moral and religious commitment, and rich humanity, he illuminates
the meaning of revealed religion for traditional communities and
their thoughtful critics alike. A very good book about the good
book, and the other good books too.
*Yehudah Mirsky, Brandeis University*
The Good and the Good Book shows just how illuminating the methods
of academic philosophy can be when they are skillfully employed on
topics philosophy is more popularly supposed to engage in--moral
integrity, the purpose of human life, the practical relevance of
sacred texts. Fleischacker manages, unusually, to combine a
clear-sighted appreciation for the limits as well as the power of
reason, with a real feel for why religion matters to people.
*Gordon Graham, Princeton Theological Seminary*
The Good and the Good Book: Revelation as a Guide to Life is a
constructive, reflective, and highly personal meditation on belief,
religion, and the good life by a scholar and believer deeply
engaged in modern philosophical and theological thought . . . a
work of very accessible philosophical theology that should be of
interest to scholars of religion, constructive theologians, and
anyone struggling with living inside a religious tradition in these
troubling times.
*Shaul Magid, Indiana University*
Sam Fleischacker has accomplished something rare and significant: a
highly-readable, philosophically-compelling and utterly enjoyable
defense of revealed religion. I hope this book is read (and argued
over) among the devout, the secular, the seeking and the
skeptic.
*Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core*
Sam Fleischacker has given us a conceptual tour de force that
illuminates the path for those seeking to have an ethical faith
that is grounded in revelation. Lesser thinkers choose only one
side of the tension or create false harmonies. In contrast,
Fleischacker carefully untangles the knotty issues then he boldly
and cogently shows a path of combining Divine teachings based on
revelation with liberal virtues and modern science. The book
deserves a broad reception and engagement with its timely
ideas.
*Alan Brill, Seton Hall University*
The original contribution of this book to philosophy of religion,
and to the justification of religious commitment, stands out
unmistakably.
*Jerome Gellman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*
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