Turbulent times : the British Jewish community today / Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn-Harris, Keith, 1971-

Contributor:

Gidley, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Jews.

Jews--Great Britain--Politics and government--21st century.

Jews--Great Britain--Social life and customs.

Judaism--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Judaism.

History.

Manners and customs.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Ethnic relations.

Great Britain.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

237 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]

Summary:

Drawn from interviews with leaders of the British Jewish community, this volume on the sociology of contemporary religion examines the status of the Jewish community and its role, and the role of its leadership, in wider national discussions of British multiculturalism. The work explores the political and cultural positions of the Jewish community in the twenty-first century as it confronts complacency within its own ranks and new threats of anti-semitism from a broader British culture wrestling with demographic change. Kahn-Harris is a researcher at the University of London and Gidley is a researcher at Oxford University. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Jewish community and Jewish leadership in the UK

Research and the "reflexive turn" in Anglo Jewry

The continuity consensus

From Jewish continuity to Jewish continuity

The renewal agenda

From renewal to renaissance

New antisemitism, new insecurity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-224) and index.

ISBN:

9781847063168

1847063160

9781847144768

1847144764

OCLC:

477273581