Prayer & community : the havurah in American Judaism /
Riv-Ellen Prell spent eighteen months of participant observation field research studying a countercultural havurah to determine why these groups emerged in the United States during the 1970s. In her book, she explores the central questions posed by the early havurot and their founders. She also exam...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
2018.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Decorum in American Judaism: The Sacred in Social Interaction; 2. Havurah Judaism: Old World Decorum and Countercultural Aesthetics; 3. A Sabbath Minyan: Organization, Decorum, and Experience; 4. The Constituents of Minyan Prayer: Community, Interpretation, and Halaha; 5. The Prayer Crisis; 6. Praying in the Minyan: Performance and Covenant; 7. Community, Visibility, and Gender in Prayer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index