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Dynamics of Continuity and Change in Jewish Religious Life /
While the oft-"ed saying "the more things change, the more they stay the same" seems to aptly describe the nature of social life, the reverse may be equally accurate: the more things stay the same, the more they change. Indeed, the recognized institutions of human society, of which re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston, MA :
Academic Studies Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Touro University Press
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Movements, Institutions and Organizations: Mobilizing for Religious Change / Levine, Eric
- Part One. Continuity and Change: Explorations in Contemporary Religious and Communal Life
- No "Right" of Passage? The Rabbinic Dispute Regarding the Propriety of Bat Mitzvah Celebrations / Fishbane, Simcha
- Globalization and Judaism / Goldscheider, Calvin
- Part Two. Tradition and Transition: Historical Case Studies
- The Comeback of "Simple Faith": The Ultra-Orthodox Concept of Faith and Its Development in the Nineteenth Century / Brown, Benjamin
- Clerical Robes: Distinction or Dishonor? / Bleich, Judith
- The Plight of the Agunah: The Proposal of the Union des Rabbins Français / Kaplan, Zvi Jonathan
- Changes in the Circle of Relatives for Whom One Was Required to Mourn: A Sociological Analysis of Talmudic Sources / Rubin, Nissan
- Part Three. The Challenges of Modern Medicine: Halachic and Ethical Responses
- The Rabbinic Response to Modern Medicine: Two Types of Piety / Kadish, Alan
- Family Member's Presence at a Seriously Ill Patient's Bedside: May Sabbath Prohibitions be Overridden? / Mor, Pnina / Greenberger, Chaya
- Index