American Post-Judaism: Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society (Religion in North America) - Hardcover

Magid, Shaul

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9780253008022: American Post-Judaism: Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society (Religion in North America)
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ISBN 10: 0253008026 ISBN 13: 9780253008022
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Shaul Magid is Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Professor of Jewish Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of From Metaphysics to Midrash (IUP, 2008).

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253008026
ISBN 13 
9780253008022
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
388
Rating
  • 4.11 out of 5 stars
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