Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London: Being Liberal and Doing Traditional

Ruth Illman

ISBN 10: 1498542220 / ISBN 13: 9781498542227

Published by Lexington Books, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London: Being Liberal and Doing Traditional
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498542220
• ISBN 13: 9781498542227
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 152 grams

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Synopsis

This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to contemporary religiosity in general: participation, embodiment, experience, emotions and creativity. Focusing on the progressive Anglo-Jewish milieu today, the study investigates how responses to these processes of change are negotiated individually and collectively and what role is allotted to music in this context. Building on ethnographic research conducted at Leo Baeck College in London (2014–2016), it maps how theologically unsystematic life-views take form through everyday musical practices related to institutional religion, identifying three theoretically relevant processes at work: the reflexive turn, the turn within and the turn to tradition.

About the Author

Ruth Illman is docent (associate professor) of comparative religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and history of religions at Uppsala University, Sweden. She is currently the director of the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture in Turku, Finland.