
Ernest Rubinstein
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorProfessor Rubinstein works at the intersection of religion, philosophy, and literature. He has written four books: An Episode of Jewish Romanticism (1999), on the philosopher Franz Rosenzweig; Religion and the Muse (2008), on the relation between religion and literature; From Ecclesiastes to Simone Weil: Varieties of Philosophical Spirituality, (2014); and, A Liminal Space: Between Judaism and Christianity (2021). His current book project is on Jewish philosophy as a resource for secular Jews. He has taught at Drew University, Rutgers University, and the New School. Professor Rubinstein teaches philosophy and religion courses at the NYU SPS Center for Applied Liberal Arts.
Currently Teaching
Religion and Literature: From the Bible to James Baldwin
Register for this Spring 2024 course on the new NYU SPS Academy of Lifelong Learning website. The Hungarian critic Georg Lukács said...
Comparative Religion: From Christianity to Confucianism
Gain a basic understanding of the beliefs and practices of the world’s major religions.