Judaism and the Philosophy of Religion

David Shatz is the Ronald P. Stanton University of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University in New York. He is the author of Jewish Thought in Dialogue (2010), editor of Philosophy and Faith (2001), and is included in Brill's Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers series.

• Introduction: the varieties of Jewish philosophy; Part I. God: 1. Is perfect being theology an imperfect theology?; 2. Where in the world is God?: nature and divine action; 3. The problem(s) of evil; Part II. Human Beings: 4. Problems of free will: the Bible's near-silence; 5. 'It was not you who sent me here': free will and God's foreordaining of history; 6. How free is the will?: The challenge of scientific determinism; 7. Here today, here tomorrow: death and the afterlife; Part III. God in Relation to Humanity: 8. Divine commands and human morality; 9. One God?: Judaism and religious diversity; Part IV. Faith and Reason: 10. Reason, faith, and the spaces in between; Part V. Concluding Reflections: 11. Features of Jewish philosophy: a closing assessment.

'This is a landmark achievement in Jewish philosophy. Characteristically profound and witty, careful and learned, the book no doubt will become a classic of 'analytic' Jewish philosophy. Shatz beautifully demonstrates both how Jewish tradition can enrich contemporary philosophy of religion and what it means to do Jewish philosophy as a constructive enterprise.' Aaron Segal, John and Golda Cohen Chair in Jewish Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem