ISBN: 9780853038603

Experimentation with yoga, drumming, meditation, eclectic musical forms, Buddhism, and egalitarian prayer were once the province of the most marginal of Jewish religious practices. Today,… More...

Experimentation with yoga, drumming, meditation, eclectic musical forms, Buddhism, and egalitarian prayer were once the province of the most marginal of Jewish religious practices. Today, however, they are being embraced with varying degrees of enthusiasm within mainstream Jewish denominations, revealing the gradual 'normalization' of New Age Judaism's religious forms. New Age Judaism focuses much needed scholarly attention on these new forms and expressions of Judaism both within and outside of the synagogue setting.This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of 'New Age Judaism', an imprecise term denoting new and evolving forms of North American Judaism that are typically innovative, combinative, and often controversial. Chapters analyze the phenomenon of New Age Judaism from theoretical, theological and ethnographic perspectives. As a result, they offer a broad sampling of some of the most fascinating forms of Jewish religious expression and philosophy in North America today. Rothenberg explores the teachings of Jewish shamanism and Jewish yoga, outlining how these practices demonstrate New Age Judaism's most central characteristics: practitioners' use of a Jewish 'core' in combination with non-Jewish teachings and practices, and a central focus on the achievement of individual healing. Vallely explores the revitalization of Jewish ritual practices achieved through the embrace of Buddhism, and situates its ideological syncretism within the context of postmodern religious revivalism. Other chapters include accounts of one Conservative synagogue's re-framing of wealth as a form of 'energy', and its use of a non-materialist 'spiritual' discourse tolegitimate and bolster its increasingly corporate-style management; a women's ritual within ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal; and the 'inclusive' writings of New Age Jewish Renewal leader Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi, which claim not to be combinative at all, but rather a 'retrieval' of ancient Jewish wisdom. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Judaica>Judaica Hist,Th, Vallentine Mitchell Core >1<

ISBN: 9780853038603

This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of New Age Judaism, an imprecise term denoting new and evolving forms of North American Judaism that are typicall… More...

This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of New Age Judaism, an imprecise term denoting new and evolving forms of North American Judaism that are typically innovative, combinative, and often controversial. Chapters analyze the phenomenon of New Age Judaism from theoretical, theological and ethnographic perspectives. As a result, they offer a broad sampling of some of the most fascinating forms of Jewish religious expression and philosophy in North America today. Rothenberg explores the teachings of Jewish shamanism and Jewish yoga. Vallely explores the revitalization of Jewish ritual practices achieved through the embrace of Buddhism. Other chapters cover an ethnographically rich account of one synagogue's re-framing of wealth as a form of energy, a women's ritual within ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal; the 'inclusive' writings of New Age Jewish Renewal leader Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi, which claim not to be combinative at all, but rather a retrieval of ancient Jewish wisdom. Experimentation with yoga, drumming, meditation, eclectic musical forms, Buddhism, and egalitarian prayer - once the province of the most marginal of Jewish religious practices - are now being embraced with varying degrees of enthusiasm within mainstream Jewish denominations, revealing the gradual normalization and incorporation of New Age Judaism's religious forms. New Age Judaism focuses much needed scholarly attention on these new forms and expressions of Judaism both within and outside of the synagogue setting. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Judaica>Judaica Hist,Th, Vallentine Mitchell Core >1<

ISBN: 9780853038603

Paperback, [PU: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd], This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of "New Age Judaism," an imprecise term denoting new and evolving … More...

Paperback, [PU: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd], This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of "New Age Judaism," an imprecise term denoting new and evolving forms of North American Judaism that are typically innovative, combinative, and often controversial. Chapters analyze the phenomenon of New Age Judaism from theoretical, theological and ethnographic perspectives. As a result, they offer a broad sampling of some of the most fascinating forms of Jewish religious expression and philosophy in North America today. Rothenberg explores the teachings of Jewish shamanism and Jewish yoga. Vallely explores the revitalization of Jewish ritual practices achieved through the embrace of Buddhism. Other chapters cover an ethnographically rich account of one synagogue's re-framing of wealth as a form of "energy," a women's ritual within ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal; the 'inclusive' writings of New Age Jewish Renewal leader Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi, which claim not to be combinative at all, but rather a "ret, Judaism<

ISBN: 9780853038603

Paperback, [PU: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd], This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of "New Age Judaism," an imprecise term denoting new and evolving … More...

Paperback, [PU: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd], This edited volume explores a range of experiences and conceptualizations of "New Age Judaism," an imprecise term denoting new and evolving forms of North American Judaism that are typically innovative, combinative, and often controversial. Chapters analyze the phenomenon of New Age Judaism from theoretical, theological and ethnographic perspective, Judaism<