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The new American Judaism : how Jews practice their religion today /

"A leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today. American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years, a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wertheimer, Jack (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part I. The religious lives of ordinary American Jews
  • Finding meaning: the importance of belief, belonging, and good deeds
  • A Judaism for peak moments: how non-Orthodox Jews practice
  • Diversity among the Orthodox
  • Part II. The leaky vessels of denominational Judaism
  • Is Reform Judaism ascendant?
  • Conservative Judaism: a reappraisal
  • The battle for the soul of modern Orthodoxy
  • Who needs Jewish denominations?
  • Part III. Where religious renewal flourishes
  • Not your grandparents' synagogue
  • Orthodox outreach: nourishing the Jewish world
  • Looking for Judaism in unconventional places
  • Conclusion: A new remix.