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In his new book, Eisen (religious studies, Stanford, and author of Chosen People in America, Indiana Univ., 1995), examines modern Jewish ritual as a window into Jewish feeling. He offers some striking ideas, pointing out that modernity has affected even those who consider themselves of orthodox belief. He seeks to show how Jews of all spectra are continually reinventing traditions. After all, nostalgia and the search for usable history partly motivate religious practice, and in our times the Passover haggadah has been rewritten by various Jewish movements to emphasize different aspects of freedom. Eisen's study is an original one, and it will be most appreciated by scholars and academic readers. Recommended for larger libraries.?Paul M. Kaplan, Lake Villa Dist. Lib., Round Lake Beach, IL
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Arnold Eisen here calls for a fundamental rethinking of the story of modern Judaism. More than simply a study of Jewish thought on customs and rituals, Rethinking Modern Judaism explores the central role that practice plays in Judaism's encounter with modernity.
"Fascinating . . . an insightful entrance point to understanding the evolution of the theologies of America's largest Jewish denominations."—Tikkun
"I know of no other treatment of these issues that matches Eisen's talents for synthesizing a wide variety of historical, philosophical, and social scientific sources, and bringing them to bear in a balanced and open-minded way on the delicate questions of why modern Jews relate as they do to the practices of Judaism."—Joseph Reimer, Boston Book Review
"At once an incisive survey of modern Jewish thought and an inquiry into how Jews actually live their religious lives, Mr. Eisen's book is an invaluable addition to the study of American Judaism."—Elliott Abrams, Washington Times
"Fascinating . . . an insightful entrance point to understanding the evolution of the theologies of America's largest Jewish denominations."—Tikkun
"I know of no other treatment of these issues that matches Eisen's talents for synthesizing a wide variety of historical, philosophical, and social scientific sources, and bringing them to bear in a balanced and open-minded way on the delicate questions of why modern Jews relate as they do to the practices of Judaism."—Joseph Reimer, Boston Book Review
"At once an incisive survey of modern Jewish thought and an inquiry into how Jews actually live their religious lives, Mr. Eisen's book is an invaluable addition to the study of American Judaism."—Elliott Abrams, Washington Times
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We begin our inquiry into the meanings and modalities of modern Jewish practice with a footnote: half-a-dozen sentences of an eighteenth-century text that capture, with remarkable concision and directness, the issues which then and since have linked the several theories of modernity and the varieties of Jewish practice in a tense and often passionate encounter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conceptual case studies, ceremonial script, vie juive, feminist seders, ethical commonwealth, heretical imperative, symbolic explanation, ritual innovation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yom Kippur, American Jews, Elementary Forms, Nineteen Letters, German Jews, French Jews, Wandering Jew, Old Testament, Reform Jews, Alsatian Jews, Gates of Mitzvah, German Jewish, Historical School, Monnier de Brunhoff, Abraham Heschel, Albert Hall, Erving Goffman, Eternal Thou, Jacob Katz, The Builders, Tisha B'av New!
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We begin our inquiry into the meanings and modalities of modern Jewish practice with a footnote: half-a-dozen sentences of an eighteenth-century text that capture, with remarkable concision and directness, the issues which then and since have linked the several theories of modernity and the varieties of Jewish practice in a tense and often passionate encounter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conceptual case studies, ceremonial script, vie juive, feminist seders, ethical commonwealth, heretical imperative, symbolic explanation, ritual innovation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yom Kippur, American Jews, Elementary Forms, Nineteen Letters, German Jews, French Jews, Wandering Jew, Old Testament, Reform Jews, Alsatian Jews, Gates of Mitzvah, German Jewish, Historical School, Monnier de Brunhoff, Abraham Heschel, Albert Hall, Erving Goffman, Eternal Thou, Jacob Katz, The Builders, Tisha B'av New!
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- Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics) by Mary Douglas on 6 pages
- The Mechanics of Change: Essays in the Social History of German Jewry (Brown Judaic Studies) by Steven M. Lowenstein on 5 pages
- The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) by Clifford Geertz on 4 pages
- The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) by Jürgen Habermas on 4 pages
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- The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America by Steven M. Cohen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Friedrich Schleiermacher: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism (Cambridge Studies in Religion & Critical Thought) by Richard Crouter on page 66
- Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism by Douglas Rushkoff in Back Matter
- The Eschatological Economy: Time and the Hospitality of God by Douglas H. Knight in Back Matter
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