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American post-Judaism : identity and renewal in a postethnic society

By Shaul , Magid

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0253008026, 978-0-253-00802-2, 978-0-253-00809-1, 0253008093
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2848192 bytes)
Series
Religion in North America
Edition
Revised Edition
Pages
388\406
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Judaism -- United States -- History -- 21st centur

Description

How do American Jews identify as both Jewish and American? American Post-Judaism argues that Zionism and the Holocaust, two anchors of contemporary American Jewish identity, will no longer be centers of identity formation for future generations of American Jews. Shaul Magid articulates a new, post-ethnic American Jewishness. He discusses pragmatism and spirituality, monotheism and post-monotheism, Jesus, Jewish law, sainthood and self-realization, and the meaning of the Holocaust for those who have never known survivors. Magid presents Jewish Renewal as a movement that takes this radical cultural transition seriously in its strivings for a new era in Jewish thought and practice.

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