9781684580149-1684580145-American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief (Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought)

American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief (Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought)

ISBN-13: 9781684580149
ISBN-10: 1684580145
Author: David Ellenson, Michael Marmur
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Format: Paperback 275 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781684580149
ISBN-10: 1684580145
Author: David Ellenson, Michael Marmur
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Format: Paperback 275 pages

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American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief (Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought) (ISBN-13: 9781684580149 and ISBN-10: 1684580145), written by authors David Ellenson, Michael Marmur, was published by Brandeis University Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Jewish (World History) books. You can easily purchase or rent American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief (Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Jewish books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.89.

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What is the role of Judaism and Jewish existence in America? And what role does America play in matters Jewish? This anthology considers these questions and offers a look at how the diverse body of Jewish thought developed within the historical and intellectual context of America.



In this volume, editors Michael Marmur and David Ellenson bring together the distinctive voices of those who have shaped the bold and shifting soundscape of American Jewish thought over the last few generations. The contributors tackle an array of topics including theological questions; loyalty and belonging; the significance of halakhic, spiritual, and ritual practice; secularization and its discontents; and the creative recasting of Jewish peoplehood. The editors are careful to point out how a plurality of approaches emerged in response to the fundamental ruptures and challenges of continuity posed by the Holocaust, the establishment of the state of Israel, and the civil rights movement in the twentieth century.



This volume also includes a wide swath of the most distinctive currents and movements over the last eighty years: post-Holocaust theology, secular forms of Jewish spirituality, ultra-orthodoxy, American neo-orthodoxy, neo-Hasidism, feminism and queer theory, diasporist critiques of Zionism, and Zionist militancy. This collection will serve as both a testament to the creativity of American Jewish thought so far, and as an inspiration for the new thinkers of its still unwritten future.

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