Top 64 Quotes by David Novak

About David Novak

These are some quotes by American author David Novak Theologian, who was born in 1941.

Many of us, both Jews and Christians, want the public square to be pluralistic, which is neither partisan nor naked.

Many of us, both Jews and Christians, want the public square to be pluralistic, which is neither partisan nor naked.

David Novak

At the political level, most Jews and most Catholics have accepted the liberal idea of religious freedom.

At the political level, most Jews and most Catholics have accepted the liberal idea of religious freedom.

David Novak

The right to privacy has both positive and negative connotations for those who consider themselves part of the natural law tradition.

The right to privacy has both positive and negative connotations for those who consider themselves part of the natural law tradition.

David Novak

During the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity.

During the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity.

David Novak

Modernity has been largely shaped for Jews by three momentous experiences: the acquisition of citizenship by individual Jews in secular nation-states, the destruction of one-third of Jewry in the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel.

David Novak

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

David Novak

The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why we call ourselves 'the chosen people.' It is not that we choose ourselves. It means that we have been elected by God and given the Torah.

David Novak

Jewish status is defined by the divine election of Israel and his descendants. One does not become a Jew by one's own volition.

Jewish status is defined by the divine election of Israel and his descendants. One does not become a Jew by one's own volition.

David Novak

The common moral praxis of Jews and Christians is most definitely theologically informed by the doctrine we share in common: The human person, male and female, is created in the image of God.

The common moral praxis of Jews and Christians is most definitely theologically informed by the doctrine we share in common: The human person, male and female, is created in the image of God.

David Novak

Unlike the issue of messiahhood, which arose when Jews and Christians were members of the same religio-political community and spoke the same conceptual language, the issues of the incarnation and the Trinity divide people who are no longer members of the same community and who no longer speak the same language.

David Novak

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