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Hasidism beyond modernity : essays in Habad thought and history / Naftali Loewenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loewenthal, Naftali, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
- The Littman library of Jewish civilization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hasidism.
- Hasidism--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 433 pages ; 24 cm.
- Distribution:
- New York : Oxford University Press Inc.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization ; Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
- Contents:
- Part I From the Ba'al Shem Tov to Modern Outreach
- 1 Hippy in the Mikveh: The Hasidic Ethos and the Schisms of Jewish Society p. 33
- 2 The Ba'al Shem Tov's 'Sacred Epistle' and Contemporary Habad Outreach p. 53
- 3 The Hasid and the 'Other' p. 79
- Part II Dimensions of Rationality
- 4 Reason and 'Beyond Reason' in Habad Hasidism p. 129
- 5 Finding and Transcending the Individual p. 188
- 6 Habad Contemplation in Context p. 225
- Part III The Feminine Principle
- 7 Women and the Dialectic of Spirituality in Hasidism p. 261
- 8 From Ladies' Auxiliary to Shluchos Network: Women's Activism in Twentieth-Century Habad p. 305
- Part IV Towards the Future
- 9 Habad Messianism: A Combination of Opposites p. 323
- 10 'From the Source of Mercy': Graveside Prayer in Habad Hasidism p. 339
- 11 Habad, the Rebbe, and the Messiah in the Twenty-First Century p. 357.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-416) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781906764708
- 1906764700
- OCLC:
- 1120216651
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