Manfred H. Vogel

Professor Emeritus of Religion
Office: Crowe Hall, 1860 Campus Drive Rd., 4-142
Phone (847) 491-2618
Email: mhvogel1@aol.com

MANFRED H. VOGEL, a native of Israel, was educated at UCLA, Wayne State University, Jewish Theological Seminary, and Columbia University (Ph.D. in philosophy 1963). He has taught at Brandeis University and at Northwestern University (since 1962). His scholarly work and teaching has been in the fields of modern Jewish thought, the philosophy of religion, and the Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Vogel's publications include a translation and introduction to L. Feuerbach's Principles of the Philosophy of the Future (Bobbs-Merrill, 1966), A Quest for a Theology of Judaism (University Press of America, 1987), Rosenzweig on Profane/Secular History (Scholars Press, 1996), and essays on various figures and issues in modern Jewish thought (e.g., Martin Buber, E. Hirsch, the question of Jewish identity, and the crisis precipitated by Jewish emancipation). He is working on a book, An Ethical Right to Life. Vogel is an ordained rabbi and a classical violinist who plays in chamber music groups.