Jewish Secularity - The Search for Roots and the Challenges of Relevant Meaning

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Zachary I. Heller and Dr. David M. Gordis Klappentext A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Zusammenfassung A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or “somewhat secular.” Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Zachary I. HellerIntroduction David M. Gordis Secular Forms of Judaism Paul Mendes-FlohrDemography and Dimensions of Secularity among American Jews Barry A. KosminSecularism in the Contemporary Jewish Community David M. GordisLet Us Speak of Stories Leonard FeinA Personal History of Jewish Reading Ilan StavansGod's Language and the Making of Secular Jewish Culture David BialeSources of Secularism Mitchell SilverSecular Jewish Musical Expression-Is Nothing Sacred? Hankus NetskyThe Secularization of Jewish Cultural Memory: Epistemological and Hermeneutical Reflections Paul Mendes FlohrSecular Jewishness in Israel and the Diaspora Yonatan GlaserAccepting Secular Jewishness and Embracing All Jews Eva GoldfingerContributors

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• Authors: Zachary I. (EDT)/ Gordis Heller
• Assisted by: David M. Gordis (Editor), Dr David Gordis (Editor), Zachary I. Heller (Editor), Heller Zachary I. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2012
• EAN: 9780761857938
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5793-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Jewish Studies, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities