Jewish identity in the postmodern age : scholarly and personal reflections / edited by Charles Selengut.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Selengut, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity--Congresses.

Jews.

Jews--Identity.

Judaism--20th century--Congresses.

Judaism.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, 1999.

Summary:

Fifty years since the foundation of the state of Israel in the wake of the Holocaust, Jewish Identity in the Post-Modern Age considers whether a traditional folk Judaism centered on the Holocaust and the state of israel can continue to serve as the bricks and mortar of Jewish identity as we move into the 21st Century. The writers ask whether a meaningful religious identity can be sustained on the basis of a historic catastrophe that is no longer to most people personal or immediate.

Several essays deal frankly with the problem of maintaining Jewish commitment and continuity in the post-modern period, while others offer sociological and theological programs that meet the challenges of the new age and describe how developments can reinvigorate the tradition. Personal narratives by distinguished thinkers explore the pushes and pulls of Judaism on their own lives.

Notes:

"A new ERA book"--Spine.

"The essays gathered in this volume were first prepared in conjunction with a conference on the theme 'Contemporary reflections on Jewish identity' sponsored by the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace in Ariel, Israel"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1557787751

1557787743

OCLC:

40762627