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Contemporary American Judaism : transformation and renewal
- Title
- Contemporary American Judaism : transformation and renewal / Dana Evan Kaplan.
- Author
- Kaplan, Dana Evan.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xxxiv, 446 p. : ill., photographs; 24 cm.
- Summary
- No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the individual spiritual decisions of tens of thousands of Jews living in all corners of the United States. A pulpit rabbi and American Jew, Kaplan follows this religious individualism from its postwar suburban roots to the hippie revolution of the 1960s and the multiple postmodern identities of today. From Hebrew tattooing to Jewish Buddhist meditation, his book describes the remaking of historical tradition in ways that channel multiple ethnic and national identities.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A historical overview from 1945 -- The reengagement with spirituality -- The rise and fall of American Jewish denominations -- Facing the collapse of the intermarriage stigma -- Inclusivity as a social value -- Radical responses to the suburban experience -- The popularization of Jewish mystical outreach -- Herculean efforts at synagogue renewal -- Conclusion: the future of Judaism in America -- Afterword / Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
- Call Number
- *PXY 10-352
- ISBN
- 9780231137287 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0231137281 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008052006
- OCLC
- YBP 2008052006
- Author
- Kaplan, Dana Evan.
- Title
- Contemporary American Judaism : transformation and renewal / Dana Evan Kaplan.
- Imprint
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- *PXY 10-352