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Jewish secularity : the search for roots and the challenges of relevant meaning / edited by David M. Gordis and Zachary I. Heller.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Landham, Md. : University Press of America, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 130 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780761857952
  • 0761857958
  • 1280657510
  • 9781280657511
  • 9786613634443
  • 6613634441
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish secularity.DDC classification:
  • 296.38 23
LOC classification:
  • BM538.S43 J49 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; Chapter 01. Secular Forms of Jewishness; Chapter 02. Demography and Dimensions of Secularity among American Jews; Chapter 03. Secularism in the Contemporary Jewish Community; Chapter 04. Let Us Speak of Stories; Chapter 05. A Personal History of Jewish Reading; Chapter 06. God's Language and the Making of Secular Jewish Culture; Chapter 07. Sources of Secularism; Chapter 08. Secular Jewish Musical Expression-Is Nothing Sacred?; Chapter 09. The Secularization of Jewish Cultural Memory: Epistemological and Hermeneutical Reflections.
Chapter 10. Secular Jewishness in Israel and the DiasporaChapter 11. Accepting Secular Jewishness and Embracing All Jews; Bibliography; Contributors.
Summary: A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)465484

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface; Introduction; Chapter 01. Secular Forms of Jewishness; Chapter 02. Demography and Dimensions of Secularity among American Jews; Chapter 03. Secularism in the Contemporary Jewish Community; Chapter 04. Let Us Speak of Stories; Chapter 05. A Personal History of Jewish Reading; Chapter 06. God's Language and the Making of Secular Jewish Culture; Chapter 07. Sources of Secularism; Chapter 08. Secular Jewish Musical Expression-Is Nothing Sacred?; Chapter 09. The Secularization of Jewish Cultural Memory: Epistemological and Hermeneutical Reflections.

Chapter 10. Secular Jewishness in Israel and the DiasporaChapter 11. Accepting Secular Jewishness and Embracing All Jews; Bibliography; Contributors.

A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America.

English.