From Defender to Critic: The Search for a New Jewish Self

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From Defender to Critic: The Search for a New Jewish Self

Author(s): David Hartman
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
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From Defender to Critic traces a leading modern Orthodox theologian's shift from defending rule-based halakha to a theology that encourages responsibility, questioning, and communal renewal.

Combining personal reflection with theological argument, the book explores how tradition can remain authoritative while engaging contemporary moral and social experience. It offers a careful framework for balancing fidelity to the past with thoughtful critique and adaptation.

Readable for students, study groups, clergy, and thoughtful readers of Jewish thought, the work describes practical and philosophical steps toward a more vital religious life.

  • Halakha and modernity
  • Personal responsibility and communal ethics
  • Questioning, critique, and renewal

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