Monotheism and Tolerance: Recovering a Religion of Reason

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index Abrahamic monotheisms, 10, 16, 185n18 Adam, narrative of, 113–14 Adelmann, Dieter, 134–35 Altmann, Alexander, 68, 70 Anderson-Gold, Sharon, 96–97, 104, 116, 207n85, 212n65 Anscombe, G. E. M., 31, 191n10 anthropocentrism, 35–36, 112, 122, 123 anthropomorphism: of God, 101, 158–59, 165; and idolatry, 54; and scriptural universalism, 124 Aristotle, 48 Assmann, Jan: on defined and undefined purposes, 20; on martyrdom, 173; on revelation, 11; on telos, human, 13, 14; on truth, 151, 155 atheism, 74–75 atonement, 93, 109, 164–65, 167 authority, external, 32–33, 101, 102, 107 autonomy: and atonement, 164; autonomous reason, 92, 98, 99, 100, 101–102, 107; and Christianity, 164–65; and God’s relationship to human beings, 224n56; and historical religions, 92; and idolatry , 119; and knowledge of God, 112; and morality, 87, 99, 112, 114, 116, 167; and telos, human, 34 Bamberger, Fritz, 75 bearing witness, 16; and Cohen, 132, 146, 152, 167, 169–74, 222n11; and Mendelssohn , 61, 76, 146, 169–74 Benedict XVI, 21 Berlin, Isaiah, 184n14 Bonaunet, Ketil, 219n63 Bonnet, Charles, 73 Calvin, John, 46 Christianity: and atonement, 167; and autonomy , 164–65; Cohen on, 39, 134, 141, 223nn30,31; and election, 93; exclusivity of, 55, 56, 57, 59, 64, 68; and faith, 160–61, 165; and grace, 164, 165; guilt in, 164; and Judaism, 113, 118, 167, 196n56, 226n92; and Kant, 38–39, 107–108; Mendelssohn on, 53, 54–60, 66, 68, 70, 73–74, 109, 196nn54,55; and modernity, 60, 110; mythic thinking of, 157–58, 162, 165; notion of God, 55, 56–57, 117, 158–59; and original sin, 159, 167; and orthodoxy, 119; and the Other, 56, 58, 59, 161–62; presumed universality of, 5, 6; and rational universalism, 110, 159, 160; and reason, 107–108, 159; and revelation , 55–56, 58, 59–60, 63; and salvation , 55–56, 160; and scriptural universalism , 38, 54, 55, 56, 159, 160; and social order, 73–74; and telos, human, 56, 57. See also Kant, Immanuel civil intolerance, 26 civil society, 103–104 civil sphere. See government and religion clergy, 120 Cohen, Hermann, 39–40, 131–76; and bearing witness, 132, 146, 152, 167, 169–74, 222n11; on Christianity, 39, 134, 141, 223nn30,31; and correlations, 135–36, 143–49, 153, 157, 165–66; criticism of, 133–34, 179, 225n78; discrimination experienced by, 5–6, 223n30; and discursive structure, 31, 34, 40, 133, 145, 220n75; and election, 39–40 (see also bearing witness); and Emancipation of the Jews, 16–17; and Enlightenment, 29; and ethical Self, 136–37, 138, 149, 163– 65; on God, 39–40, 136–37, 142–43, 147, 221n86; and Habermas, 142; idealism of, 133, 134, 139, 143–44, 146, 160, 214n4, 216n25; and Judaism, 133, 134, 138–42; and Kant, 123, 134, 148, 149, 153, 159, 165, 174, 215n9; and Mendelssohn, 153; and messianism, 18, 160; methodology of, 134–38; and monotheism, 141–42, 150; and mythic thinking, 157–65; and Neo-Kantianism, 37; and the Other, 6, 40, 138, 156–57; and particularity and universality, 5–6, 30, 133, 174–75; and rational universalism, 33–34, 36, 133, 145, 147, 149; and reason, 36, 133, 144, 146–47, 220n69; religion, liberal approaches to, 181; and religion of reason , 30, 34, 36, 39–40, 138–42, 156–57; 240   |   Index and revelation, 133, 145–46; and sacred teachings, 150–52; and scriptural universalism, 33–34, 36, 133, 145, 147, 149, 170; and “Socrates story,” 131–32, 194n28; and telos, human, 36, 37, 38; theory of knowledge, 134–35; and thinkers of religion of reason, 30; and tolerance, 132; and violence, 4, 132, 134. See also Judaism colonialism, 55 community, formation of, 10–11, 13 conflict, religious, 103 Connolly, William, 184n14 conscience, doctrine of, 120–21 conversions: and Cohen, 132, 169; forced, 16, 186n46; and martyrdom, 173; and Mendelssohn, 66, 75 correlation, 135–36, 143–49, 153, 157, 165– 66 counter-religions, 11 Critique of Judgment (Kant), 95 Critique of Practical Reason (Kant), 38, 94, 95–96 Critique of Pure Reason (Kant), 91 damnation, 51, 57, 60 decentration: defined, 24; and doctrine of conscience, 121; and Habermas, 23; and highest good, 95; and Kant, 36, 85, 86; and the Other, 122; and radical evil, 86 democracies, 23 Deutero-Isaiah, 168–69 Deuteronomy, 145–46 devils, 104 Diaspora Judaism, 5 Die Mosaische Unterscheidung (Assman), 173 Dietrich, Wendell, 225n57 dignity, 59, 103, 117 discursive structure: and Cohen, 31, 34, 40, 133, 145, 220n75; defined, 6; four moments of, 10–11, 14–15...