We are pleased to have Dr. Alan Mittleman in residence at Spertus for two days of important programs. On September 18, Dr. Mittleman leads a Lunch & Learn discussion on Jewish Polices and Christian Politics
These programs are funded, in part, by the Solomon Goldman Lecture series, endowed by Rose and the late Sidney Shure.
Lectures, Discussions, Panels
Solomon Goldman Lecture
Religion and the Public Square Program Series
- The End of Secular America?
- Sunday, September 17 at 2 pm
- $12 | $10 members | $8 students
- For reservations call 312.322.1743 or email rsvp@spertus.edu
Contemporary American Jews have long been comfortable with the idea of an America in which all religious groups are equally removed from the levers of political power. Recent religious resurgence, however, has made this secularism seem more like a passing episode than a foundation of our nation. Is America a secular nation? Or is it Judeo-Christian (or simply Christian)? Or pluralistic and multi-cultural?
In this lecture, Alan Mittleman explores contemporary Jewish appraisals of this question—and the cultural, legal and political implications of the answers.
Alan Mittleman is Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Director of the Louis Finkelstein Institute at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. He is the editor of Jewish Policy and American Civil Society, Jews and the American Public Square, and Religion as a Public Good.