Band 2
Jews in the Age of Authenticity Jewish Spiritual Renewal in Israel
Aus der Reihe
After Spirituality
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- Hardcover
- Taschenbuch ausgewählt
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 89.90
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.,
Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
28.10.2016
Herausgeber
Philip Wexler + weitereVerlag
Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New YorkSeitenzahl
180
Maße (L/B/H)
22.5/15/1.1 cm
Gewicht
270 g
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4331-1755-8
In this book, Rachel Werczberger takes stock of the Jewish New Age spirituality scene in Israel at the turn of the millennium. Led by highly charismatic rabbis, the Hamakom and Bayit Chadash communities attempted to bring about a Jewish spiritual renewal by integrating Jewish tradition – especially Kabbalah and Hasidism – with New Age spirituality. Having spent over two years in field research, Werczberger presents a comprehensive ethnographic account of these two groups, examining their rise and fall after only six years of activity. At the core of their aspiration for Jewish spiritual renewal, claims Werczberger, was the quest for authenticity. She investigates the ways in which the language of authenticity was embraced by the members of the communities in their construction of a new spiritual Jewish identity, their re-invention of Jewish rituals, and their failed attempt at constructing community. She concludes that all these elements point to the dual form of politics of authenticity and identity with which the Israeli Jewish New Age is involved.
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