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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wertheimer, Jack (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Judaism > United States.
Jews > United States > Social life and customs.
Jews > United States > Identity.
Judaïsme > États-Unis.
Juifs > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
Juifs > États-Unis > Identité.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Jews > Identity
Jews > Social life and customs
Judaism
Judentum
Jews (LGBTQ)
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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