Religious Anarchism reading group: Who can command violence...?

The Cambridge Religious Anarchism Reading Group is exploring the theme “God is King”. On Monday 11 March, the focus is chapter two of Daniel Weiss’s recent monograph, which considers Moses Mendelssohn's position, asking “Who can command violence, and who should obey?”

About the CRA Reading Group

The focus of this reading group is to read and discuss a range of anarchistic religious texts. The aim is to familiarize ourselves with the minority traditions of anarchism within religious traditions, their inspiration, sources, and their ongoing political and religious importance. Readings include classic and modern texts, research papers in progress, and possibly new translations. All readers of good will from any discipline are most welcome.  

Practicalities

The Reading Group meets on alternate Mondays at 4pm at Wesley House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. 

The set reading is:

• Weiss, Daniel. Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023), chapter 2: “Who can command violence, and who should obey?: Mendelssohn on divine sovereignty and the limits of modern Jewish integration”.

Please contact the convenors for precise location & assistance accessing readings:

• Dr Richard A Davis (Wesley House, rd652 @ cam.ac.uk)
• Dr Daniel H. Weiss (Divinity Faculty, dhw27 @ cam.ac.uk)