Books written by David Novak

Profit, Prudence and Virtue: Essays in Ethics, Business and Management

Boatright, John (2003), Ethics and the Conduct of Business (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, Prentice Hall). Boatright, John (1999), Ethics in Finance (Oxford: Blackwell). Bowie, Norman, and Lenway, Stefanie Ann (2008), “H.B. Fuller in ...
Natural Law and Contemporary Public Policy

This volume will be of value to those working in philosophy, political science, and legal theory, as well as to policy analysts, legislators, and judges.
Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue

God and the Natural Law: A Rereading of Thomas Aquinas. Translated by David Thunder. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press, 2006. Dougherty, Richard J. “Natural Law.” In Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia.
Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue

Campbell, Douglas A. The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009. ... Translated by Walter Roberts. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003. Dewan, Lawrence, O.P. “St. Thomas, ...
Take Charge of You: How Self Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career

Written by two highly successful coaches from the worlds of business and professional sports, this book provides a straightforward process that will guide you on your self-coached journey to success, including: Getting into a coaching ...
Zionism and Judaism: A New Theory

This lecture series was called “The Michael John Herman Memorial Lectures,” owing to the generosity of Michael Herman's widow, Mary Ellen, and her children, to whom I am grateful. I was especially honored to deliver these lectures in ...
Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation

Thanks also to Chris Washburne, Ellen Gray, George Lewis, Brad Garton, and the Center for Ethnomusicology. This project germinated at Wesleyan University, where I am grateful to Mark Slobin, Sumarsam, Alvin Lucier, ...
Natural Law in Judaism

In this book, not only is the history of an idea shown with great accuracy, but the idea of natural law is presented as a way of conveying some of Judaism's meaning for life today.
The Sanctity of Human Life

Novak's erudite argument and rigorous scholarship will appeal to all scholars and students engaged in the work of theology and bioethics.
Jewish Justice: The Contested Limits of Nature, Law, and Covenant

Novak explores the intersection of universality and particularity by examining the practice of interfaith dialogue among Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Profit, Prudence and Virtue: Essays in Ethics, Business and Management

(1993), Judith Block McLaughlin and David Riesman, “The President: A Precarious Perch”, inHigher Learning inAmerica, 19802000 (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press), pp. 179202. McClay, Wilfred (Summer 1998), “Fifty Years of ...
Christianity In Jewish Terms

Two rather diverse twentiethcentury Christian figures who proclaim, especially in light of the horrors of the twentieth century, the meaningfulness of suffering are Simone Weil and C. S. Lewis. Both Weil and Lewis in fact define ...
Taking People with You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen

In "Taking People With You", he shows exactly how to keep your teams motivated and on track: never stop learning, always celebrate achievement and never tolerate poor performance.
Talking with Christians: Musings of a Jewish Theologian

... Ill .: Open Court , 1967 ) , p . 245 . 41. Diamond , " Dialogue and Theology , " p . 245 . 42. For Scholem's critique of Buber's virtual dismissal of Kabbalah from his Jewish theology , see David Biale , Gershom Scholem : Kabbalah ...
The Jewish Social Contract: An Essay in Political Theology

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. 1978. Baron, S. W. A Social and Religious History of the Jews. Rev. ed. 18 vols. New York: Columbia University Press. 1958–93. Biale, D. Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History.
Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue

This text critically and constructively explores the resources offered for natural law doctrine by classical thinkers from three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic.
Athens and Jerusalem: God, Humans, and Nature

2, ed. Vilna, 16b; Teshuvot ha-Ran, no. 32, ed. Feldman, 129–30. E.g., B. Ketubot 2b–3a. B. Shabbat 16b; B. Ketubot 82b. M. Arakhin 5.5; M. Gittin 9.8, 10; B. Gittin 88b. MT: Marriage, 14.8 re B. Ketubot 63b. Cf. Tosafot, s.v. “aval”; ...
The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People

This controversial investigation of the doctrine of Israel's election casts new light on Jewish modernity.
O Great One!: A Little Story About the Awesome Power of Recognition

The story of O Great One! opens when Jeff Johnson becomes the third-generation CEO of his family business, after the sudden death of his father.
The Sanctity of Human Life

Novak's erudite argument and rigorous scholarship will appeal to all scholars and students engaged in the work of theology and bioethics.