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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century provides an engaging depiction of Islam as a living religion. Exploring Islam's historical context and core elements of the tradition, the authors provide a global perspective that captures the diversity of Islam in different regions and countries.Trade Review“This unique and challenging textbook describes the historical background and present diversity of political and intellectual currents in Islam in its various forms ... This is a compact and sophisticated text, suitable for graduate students seeking to understand the roots and development of modern Islamic movements and contestations.” (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Overview: Islam: Image and Reality 1 1 Introduction 3Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud 2 The Historical Context 13Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud 3 Religious Structures: Tawhid 31Laith Saud 4 Islamic Beliefs: The Development of Islamic Ideas 51Laith Saud 5 Islamic Political Theology 81Laith Saud Part II Islam and the Modern World 109 6 Islam and the State: Part I 111Scott W. Hibbard 7 Islam and the State: Part II 135Scott W. Hibbard 8 Muslims as Minorities in the West 157Aminah Beverly McCloud Part III Regional Studies 171 9 Islam in Africa 173Babacar Mbengue 10 Islam in South Asia 203Saeed A. Khan 11 Islam in Central Asia 217Maria Louw 12 Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia 233Aminah Beverly McCloud 13 Muslim Histories in Latin America and the Caribbean 249John Tofik Karam Part IV Islam in a Globalized World 269 14 The Ecology of Teaching about Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century 271Aminah Beverly McCloud 15 Terrorism, Islamophobia, and the Media 285Scott W. Hibbard Conclusion: Image and Reality Reconsidered 309Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud Index 315
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The WileyBlackwell History of Jews and Judaism
Book SynopsisIn The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times. Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today Brings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines Discusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary Explores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel ConsiTrade Review“Consequently, this book can serve as a useful addition for undergraduates collections on Judaism and Jewish history and as an introductory guide for advanced students. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.” (Choice, 1 December 2012) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Part I Ancient Israel 13 1 What Is the Hebrew Bible? 15 Frederick E. Greenspahn 2 How “Historical” Is Ancient Israel? 25 Ehud Ben Zvi 3 Priests and Levites in the Hebrew Bible 35 Stephen A. Geller 4 How Unique Was Israelite Prophecy? 53 Jonathan St€okl 5 Judaism after the Exile: The Later Books of the Bible 70 Daniel C. Snell 6 Translation: The Biblical Legacy to Judaism 83 Leonard Greenspoon Part II From Ancient Israel to Rabbinic Jewry 99 7 Jews in the Land During the Second Temple Period 101 Steven Werlin 8 Jews in Egypt: The Special Case of the Septuagint 121 Peg Kershenbaum 9 Early Christianity in a Jewish Context 142 Julie Galambush 10 The Babylonian Consolidation of Rabbinic Judaism 156 Shai Secunda Part III The Medieval World: Jews in Two Cultures 167 11 Jews in Christian Europe: Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages 169 Eva Haverkamp 12 The Jews in the Medieval Arabic-Speaking World 207 Norman (Noam) Stillman 13 Turning Point: The Spanish Expulsion 224 Jane S. Gerber 14 Medieval Jewish Mysticism 244 Hartley Lachter Part IV The Early Modern Period (Sixteenth–Eighteenth Centuries) 257 15 Judaism and Science in the Age of Discovery 259 Joseph M. Davis 16 A History of Hasidism: Origins and Developments 277 Gadi Sagiv 17 Jews and Judaism in the Early Modern New World: Central and North America 291 Dean Phillip Bell 18 The Jews of the Ottoman Empire 309 Yaron Ayalon Part V The Modern Period 325 19 How Jews Modernized: The Western Nations 327 Carsten Schapkow 20 The Zionist Movement and the Path to Statehood 343 Brian Amkraut 21 The Jews in the Land of the Russian Tsars 361 Jarrod Tanny 22 The Great Migration: 1881–1924 381 Jessica Cooperman 23 Polish Jewry between the World Wars 393 Sean Martin 24 Organized Movements of American Judaism: From 1880 to World War II 409 Michael R. Cohen 25 Paths of Modernity: Jewish Women in Central Europe 422 Kerry Wallach 26 Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hostility 441 Richard S. Levy Part VI Jews and Judaism since the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel 459 27 The Existential Crisis of the Holocaust 461 Peter Haas 28 American Jews and the Jewish State 476 David Bamberger 29 Judaism(s) in Contemporary America 489 Dana Evan Kaplan 30 Traditional Judaism in the Twenty-First Century 514 Mark I. Dunaevsky 31 Contemporary American Jewish Culture 529 Ted Merwin 32 Israeli Culture from 1948 to the Present 548 Keren Rubinstein 33 The Israeli Economy 571 Paul Rivlin 34 Ethnic Diversity in Israel 586 Ari Ariel Part VII Special Topics 601 35 The World of Jewish Music 603 Marsha Bryan Edelman 36 American Jewry’s Identification with Israel: Problems and Prospects 619 Laurence J. Silberstein 37 The Jewish Holy Days 643 Stanley Schachter Index 661
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Protestant Ethic Revisited
Book SynopsisEssays on the contradictory resurgence of religion and liberalism in the twenty-first century by one of the most important voices in the study of the sociology of religionTrade Review"Gorski's arguments are measured and persuasive, both historically and theoretically, and his chapters are judicious in their claims. The Protestant Ethic Revisited is a great book." -Theodore Vial, Associate Professor of Theology at the Iliff School of Theology "An excellent set of essays, among which some are veritable classics. Gorski has established himself as one of the leading sociologists of his generation, and his essays in the sociology of religion have contributed greatly to his high international reputation. He has developed a wide-ranging comparative approach to religious sociology, not to mention some much-needed analytic sophistication, and has helped to reintegrate the area with already vibrant subfields such as historical and comparative sociology, political sociology, and sociological theory. The essays in The Protestant Ethic Revisited are important milestones in the recent transformation of the field. Gorski's work is no flash in the pan. It is enduringly valuable scholarship." -Mustafa Emirbayer,Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-MadisonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Beyond the Tilly Thesis: How States Did Not Make War and War Did Not Make States Part I: Religion and Politics in Early Modern Europe 1. The Protestant Ethic Revisited: Disciplinary Revolution and State Formation in Holland and Prussia 2. Calvinism and Revolution: The Walzer Thesis Reconsidered 3. The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of Modernist Theories of Nationalism 4. The Making of Prussian Absolutism: Confessional Conflict and State Autonomy under the Great Elector, 1640-1688 5. The Little Divergence: The Protestant Reformation and Economic Hegemony in Early Modern Europe Part II: The Secularization Debate 6. Historicizing the Secularization Debate: Church, State, and Society in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, circa 1300 to 1700 7. After Secularization? by Philip S. Gorski and Ates Altinordu Conclusion: The Protestant Ethic and the Secular Modern Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Constructing Muslims in France
Book SynopsisShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.Trade Review"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities."--Anthropology Book Forum Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2 Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3 Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4 Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5 Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6 Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7 The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad Appendix: Sample Questionnaire Notes References Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Constructing Muslims in France
Book SynopsisShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.Trade Review"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities."--Anthropology Book Forum Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2 Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3 Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4 Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5 Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6 Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7 The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad Appendix: Sample Questionnaire Notes References Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Understanding Muslim Political Life in America
Book Synopsis “Muslim Americans are at a political crossroads,” write editors Brian Calfano and Nazita Lajevardi. Whereas Muslims are now widely incorporated in American public life, there are increasing social and political pressures that disenfranchise them or prevent them from realizing the American Dream. Understanding Muslim Political Life in America brings clarity to the social, religious, and political dynamics that this diverse religious community faces. In this timely volume, leading scholars cover a variety of topics assessing the Muslim American experience in the post-9/11 and pre-Trump era, including law enforcement; identity labels used in Muslim surveys; the role of gender relations; recognition; and how discrimination, tolerance, and politics impact American Muslims. Understanding Muslim Political Life in America offers an update and reappraisal of what we know about Muslims in American political life. The editors and contributors also con
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University of Toronto Press The Assassination of Europe 19181942
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting account of the continent's political assassinations between 1918 and 1939 and beyond.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Stylistic Note 1. Social Democracy's White Terror 2. The Death of Giacomo Matteotti 3. A Posthumous Imperial Vengeance 4. Who Killed Sergei Kirov? 5. "Richard III" in Germany 6. A Return Visit from Austria's Tatterdemalion Son 7. All Roads Lead to Rome 8. Gallic Fraternit under the Third Republic 9. The Hunt for Leon Trotsky 10. Gallic Fraternit under Vichy's Armistice 11. The Humanist of Yesterday Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Joe Salsberg
Book SynopsisTulchinsky employs historical sources not used before to explain how Salsberg's family life and surrounding religious and social milieu influenced his evolution as a Zionist, an important labour union leader, a member of the Communist Party of Canada, and a prominent member of Toronto's Jewish community.Trade ReviewJoe Salsberg: A Life of Commitment is an important book. -- Ester Ritter Canadian Dimension Tulchinsky is a tremendous storyteller whose exceptional writing brings meaning and life to Salsberg and his impact on Canada. -- Joel Ralph Canada's History 'This intriguing and balanced account of a minority activist and politician in shaping Canada's political culture in middle decades of the twentieth century will be of great interest to students of politics, the left, the labour movement, as well as ethnic and immigration history.' -- Carmela Patrias Canadian Historical Review, vol 95:02:2014 This is an important reminder of why, to two generations of Toronto Jews, Salsberg was a folk hero... They saw him as their champion. His was a remarkable career, and this is a remarkable book, to be not simply read, but savoured.' -- Irving Abella University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015 'Fascinating biography... Tulchinsky has provided a valuable and absorbing account of one of the most important and intriguing Jewish labour leaders in Canadian History.' -- Ruth A Frager Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015Table of ContentsPreface Spadina Chapter One: From Lagow to Toronto Chapter Two: Party Maverick Chapter Three: Labour Stalwart and Political Novice Chapter Four: "From a Human Point of View" Chapter Five: Family Quarrel Chapter Six: Still Counselling Otherwise Acknowledgements Notes
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University of Toronto Press Notebooks
Book SynopsisMuch of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry.The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus on Klein's exploration of the role of the artist. The works illuminate crucial periods of his career, especially the early 1940s, when he was transforming himself into a modernist, and the early 1950s, when he was struggling to overcome the misgivings about his art that were to lead to his final breakdown.The semi-autobiographical text which Klein referred to as 'Raw Material' and the unfinished novel of prison life entitled 'Stranger and Afraid' cast a new light on Klein's often frustrating relationship with the Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic Trade Review'Notebooks is in fact a wonderful introduction to Klein's interior and physical worlds and provides solid evidence of what he might have been expected to achieve if ill health hadn't intervened. It's also, it turns out, a sketch of a very learned, very kindly, and often very funny man.' -- Douglas Fetherling
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University of Toronto Press Debating Sharia
Book SynopsisFocusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, Debating Sharia approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: Situating the Debate Foreword: Situating the Debate within Others in European and American Contexts Introduction - Situating the Debate in Ontario Part I. Practicing Religious Divorce among North-American Muslims 1. Practicing an 'Islamic Imagination': Islamic Divorce in North America 2. Faith-Based Arbitration or Religious Divorce: What was the Issue? Part II. Regulating Faith-Based Arbitration 3. Multiculturalism Meets Privatisation: The Case of Faith-Based Arbitration 4. 'Sharia' Courts in Canada: A Delayed Opportunity for the Indigenization of Islamic Legal Rulings." Part III. Defining Islamic Law in the West 5. Asking Questions About Sharia: Lessons From Ontario. 6. Islamic Law and the Canadian Mosaic: Politics, Jurisprudence, and Multicultural Accommodation. Part IV. Negotiating the Politics of Sharia-Based Arbitration 7. 'The 'Good' Muslim/'Bad' Muslim Puzzle?: The Assertion of Muslim Women's Islamic Identity in the Sharia Debates. 8. 'The Muslims Have Ruined Our Party:' A Case Study of Ontario Media Portrayals of Supporters of Faith-Based Arbitration. Part V. Analyzing Discourses of Race, Gender, and Religion 9. 'Sharia in Canada?' Mapping Discourses of Race, Gender and Religious Difference. 10. Agency and Representations: Voices and Silences in the Ontario Sharia Debate Part VI. Managing Religion in the Canadian State 11. Managing the Mosaic: The Work of Form in 'Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion.' 12. Construing the Secular: Implications of the Ontario Sharia Debate Concluding Thoughts Conclusion: Debating Sharia in the West List of Contributors
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University of Toronto Press A Jew at the Medici Court
Book SynopsisEdward Goldberg shares his sensational discovery of the largest body of surviving correspondence from any Jew in Early Modern Europe. Over the course of six years, Benedetto Blanis a scholar and entrepreneur in the Florentine Ghetto wrote nearly 200 letters to his princely patron Don Giovanni dei Medici. For the first time, these letters are available in a definitive critical edition with full transcriptions in the original Italian, English language summaries, and explanatory notes. This book is a companion volume to Jews and Magic in Medici Florence, in which Goldberg narrates Blanis''s startling rise and fall. Readers can now take a step closer and hear Blanis''s compelling story in his own words tracing his fraught relations with Jews and Christians, his desperate (and often illegal) business schemes, his disastrous strategies for advancement at the Medici Court, and his pursuit of arcane knowledge, including astrology, alchemy, and Kabbalah.Trade Review'It's a terrific companion volume to the first book and the summaries of the letters give the key information in each (which is good for readers who have insufficient Italian). Goldberg's passion for the past is expressed through his wish for us to see Blanis and understand his life, and he gives us all the tools we need. The letters themselves are the pure magic. Goldberg was clever to realise this and facilitate the transit between them and the reader. They're a door opening to give us a peek into something amazing.' -- Gillian Polack Bibliobuffet.com/bookish-dreaming, 12 December 2011 'These are two fascinating books... Edward Goldberg presents us with an excellent edition of the letters of Blains and a monograph on this enigmatic Jew... the two books are a treasure trove of knowledge and details as well as a look into the fascinating era of the late Renaissance and the dei Medici period.' -- Giuseppe Veltri Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:03:2014Table of ContentsIntroduction A Note to Readers The Blanis Letters: A Critical Edition Index: People Index: Places Index: Topics Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press Recovering from Genocidal Trauma
Book SynopsisRecovering from Genocidal Trauma is a comprehensive guide to understanding Holocaust survivors and responding to their needs. In it, Myra Giberovitch documents her twenty-five years of working with Holocaust survivors as a professional social worker, researcher, educator, community leader, and daughter of Auschwitz survivors.Trade Review"Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a remarkable book. Breaking the conspiracy of silence surrounding trauma and ageing, this moving and thought-provoking book provides powerful insights that are of deep relevance to practitioners and survivors of genocidal trauma around the globe." -- Myriam Denov, James McGill Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University "Well written, broad in scope, and extremely thorough, Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is an impressive book that contributes to the body of knowledge regarding practice with survivors of mass atrocity and trauma, especially aging Holocaust survivors and their children." -- Sophie Yohani, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta "Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a unique contribution to the literature on the practical provision of services for the aging Holocaust survivor. Myra Giberovitch's familiarity and personal experience is of enormous benefit in a manual like this." -- Clare Pain, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Director of the Psychological Trauma Program at Mount Sinai Hospital "More and more survivors of atrocities are seeking help through health care and social service agencies in Canada, and social work and health care providers need to understand better how to service these people. Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a much-needed book that looks at the effects of trauma on people who have experienced atrocities and war. Clearly written and quite practical in its content, it offers a wealth of knowledge for academics, practitioners, students and community leaders." -- Linda Kreitzer, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary "The life work of Myra Giberovitch finds expression in this valuable work infused with wisdom and insight. Myra is a professional (social work) and a daughter of parents who survived Auschwitz, Gross Rosen and Dachau. Raised by survivor-parents within a community of survivors, she knows of what she speaks. And thankfully she speaks not only of the damage inflicted through relentless and prolonged cruelty but also of the courage and strength demonstrated by so many Holocaust survivors in reclaiming a life of normality. In fact, she demonstrates that suffering and coping can indeed exist side by side and that understanding and respectful listening can be helpful to those who live life daily in the shadow of a tragic past. This astonishing work reflects a vast experience and provides a framework for those who work with ageing Holocaust survivors as well as victims of contemporary genocides. It is a gift." -- Robert Krell, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association "Myra Giberovitch has written a unique contribution to the body of literature on the survivors of the Holocaust. Her ethnographic approach to the long-term effects of genocidal trauma combines the research with years of academic, clinical, and community social work practice, and imbues her work with the personal passion and insight of the daughter of Holocaust survivors. This book will provide new insights for genocide scholars and health and social service agencies, as well as family members." -- Paula David, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto 'An essential tool for everyone who studies, interacts, lives or works with survivors of mass atrocity.' -- Mike Cohen The Jewish Tribune May 2014 'Myra's vision, passion, and determination, as well as her compassion for the survivors, are clearly evident. I would strongly recommend this uplifting book as essential reading for anyone working with survivors of genocidal trauma.' -- Judith Hassan Kavod: A journal for Caregivers and Families March 31, 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Survivors of Mass Atrocity Chapter 1 - Mass Atrocity Crimes Chapter 2 - Understanding the Historical Context Chapter 3 - Identifying a Holocaust Survivor Chapter 4 - Changing Perceptions about Holocaust Survivors Part II: Understanding Survivors Chapter 5 - Impact of Trauma: Vulnerability and Resilience Chapter 6 - Environmental Factors that Reduce the Impact of Trauma Chapter 7 - Other Issues Unique to Survivors Part III: Survivor Services and Programs Chapter 8 - Transcending Victimization through Empowerment Chapter 9 - Creating a Specialized Program Chapter 10 - Short-term Group Services Chapter 11 - Long-Term Group Service: An Incubator Environment Chapter 12 - Intergenerational Programs Part IV: Professional Interactions with Survivors Chapter 13 - Therapeutic Responses Chapter 14 - Responses to Environmental Triggers Chapter 15 - Responses to Emotional Reactions Chapter 16 - Professional Considerations Part V: Going Forward Chapter 17 - Recovery Milestones Applicable to Other Communities Afterword Appendix A: Mass Atrocity Crimes Appendix B: Rafael Lemkin: A Survivor's Contribution to Society Glossary References Index
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University of Toronto Press Imagining the Jew in AngloSaxon Literature and
Book SynopsisThe thirteen essays in Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture examine visual and textual representations of Jews before 1066.Trade Review‘This impressive collection has a great deal to offer a variety of readers, both in the breadth of its material and the range of its approaches. -- Renée R. Trilling * Speculum vol 93:01:2018 *"Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon England reveals the complexity, variety, and profound significance of early medieval discourse on Jews and, by demonstrating how thoroughly such discourse pervaded Christian thought, points out productive methods for interpreting Anglo-Saxon literature and art." -- Emily V. Thornbury, University of California at Berkeley * Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol 118:1 *Table of ContentsSamantha Zacher, "Introduction: The Jew in the Anglo-Saxon Imagination" Defining the Jew: A Question of Race, Ethnicity, or Religion? Stephen J. Harris, "Anglo-Saxons, Israelites, Hebrews and Jews" Thomas N. Hall, "Nathan the Jew in the Old English Vindicta Salvatoris" The Jew in Anglo-Saxon Theology and Liturgy Damian Fleming, "Hebraeam scire linguam: Bede's Rhetoric of the Hebrew Truth" Kathy Lavezzo, "Building Anti-Semitism in Bede" Andrew P. Scheil, "Transition and Renewal: Jews and the Church Year in Anglo-Saxon England" Literary Types and Anglo-Saxon Audiences Daniel Anlezark, "Abraham's Children: Jewish Promise and Christian Fulfillment" Thomas D. Hill, "Time, Liturgy and History in the Old English Elene" Charles D. Wright, "Jewish Magic and Christian Miracle in the Old English Andreas" Visual Media: Representations of Jews and Jewish Spaces Catherine Karkov, "Hagar and Ishmael: the Uncanny and the Exile" Adam Cohen, "King Edgar Leaping and Dancing Before the Lord" Asa Mittman, "'In those days': Giants and the Giant Moses in the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch" Epilogue: Pre- and Post-Conquest Identifications: Continuity and Difference Heide Estes, "Reading Aelfric in the Twelfth Century: Anti-Judaic Doctrine Becomes Anti-Judaic Rhetoric"
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University of Toronto Press Judeans and Jews
Book SynopsisIn writing in English about the classical era, is it more appropriate to refer to “Jews” or to “Judeans”? What difference does it make? Today, many scholars consider “Judeans” the more authentic term, and “Jews” and “Judaism” merely anachronisms.In Judeans and Jews, Daniel R. Schwartz argues that we need both terms in order to reflect the dichotomy between the tendencies of those, whether in Judea or in the Disapora, whose identity was based on the state and the land (Judeans), and those whose identity was based on a religion and culture (Jews).Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews not only sharpens our understanding of this important era but also sheds important light on the revolution in Jewish identity caused by the creation of the modern state of Israel.Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Judean Historiography vs. Jewish Historiography: The First and Second Books of Maccabees II. Priestly Judaism vs. Rabbinic Judaism III. From Joseph b. Mattathias, a Priest of Judea, to Flavius Josephus, a Jew of Rome IV. Judeans, Jews, and the Era that Disappeared: On Heinrich Graetz's Evolving Treatment of the Second Temple Period Conclusion Appendix: May We Speak of "Religion" and "Judaism" in the Second Temple Period?
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University of Toronto Press Little Mosque on the Prairie and the Paradoxes of
Book SynopsisIn 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network. It told the story of a mosque community that worshiped in the basement of an Anglican church. It was a bona fide hit, running for six seasons and playing on networks all over the world. Kyle Conway’s textual analysis and in-depth research, including interviews from the show’s creator, executive producers, writers, and CBC executives, reveals the many ways Muslims have and have not been integrated into North American television. Despite a desire to showcase the diversity of Muslims in Canada, the makers of Little Mosque had to erase visible signs of difference in order to reach a broad audience. This paradox of ‘saleable diversity’ challenges conventional ideas about the ways in which sitcoms integrate minorities into the mainstream. Trade Review‘A valuable study of media and multiculturalism. Highly recommended.’ -- C.L. Clements * Choice Magazine vol 55:01:2017 *‘Conway provides a great deal for the scholar of religion….For those who want to understand the diversity of Muslims in North America; this offers a Canadian perspective that is often left out of the equation. We should certainly add Little Mosque on the Prairie to the list of key works on Muslims in media, television, and cinema.’ -- Kristen Petersen * Reading Religion – December 2017 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Muslims and Sitcoms in Post-9/11 North America 1. Sitcoms, Cultural Translation, and the Paradox of Saleable Diversity 2. Representation Between the Particular and the Universal 3. The Paradoxes of "Humanizing Muslims" 4. Saleable Diversity and International Audiences 5. Religion as Culture Versus Religion as Belief Conclusion. Identity and Difference in North American Sitcoms Notes References
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University of Toronto Press Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East
Book SynopsisThis is a selected, annotated list of some 2,000 books on Asia in English and French currently in print, chosen with the aim of providing a long-term historical perspective for the general reader. The list is presented in four main parts: Asia as a whole; the Islamic world; India, South and Southeast Asia; the Far East. Subdivisions cover such topics as: general and reference works; history, social science, and law; history of literature; literature in translation; religion and ideas; arts, crafts, architecture, and science; and the lands in modern times.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Islam Politics Anthropology
Book SynopsisPart of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, Islam, Politics, Anthropology offers critical reflections on past and current studies of Islam and politics in anthropology and charts new analytical approaches to examining Islam in the post-9/11 world.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii 1 Benjamin Soares & Filippo Osella Islam, politics, anthropology 1 2 Samuli Schielke Being good in Ramadan: ambivalence, fragmentation, and the moral self in the lives of young Egyptians 23 3 Hatsuki Aishima & Armando Salvatore Doubt, faith, and knowledge: the reconfiguration of the intellectual field in post-Nasserist Cairo 39 4 Magnus Marsden A tour not so grand: mobile Muslims in northern Pakistan 54 5 Kai Kresse Muslim politics in postcolonial Kenya: negotiating knowledge on the double-periphery 72 6 Rosa De Jorio Between dialogue and contestation: gender, Islam, and the challenges of a Malian public sphere 91 7 Lara Deeb Piety politics and the role of a transnational feminist analysis 107 8 Julie McBrien Mukadas’s struggle: veils and modernity in Kyrgyzstan 121 9 Irfan Ahmad Genealogy of the Islamic state: reflections on Maududi’s political thought and Islamism 138 10 Maimuna Huq Talking jihad and piety: reformist exertions among Islamist women in Bangladesh 156 11 Daromir Rudnyckyj Market Islam in Indonesia 175 12 Filippo Osella & Caroline Osella Muslim entrepreneurs in public life between India and the Gulf: making good and doing good 194 13 Gregory Starrett Islam and the politics of enchantment 213 Index 231
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Bristol University Press Policy Analysis in Israel
Book SynopsisThis volume, part of the successful International Library of Policy Analysis series, brings together for the first time leading figures from both the Israeli public and academic spheres to provide a comprehensive study of policy analysis in Israel.Trade Review"The book successfully challenges existing scholarship about the trajectory of policy analysis in other developing and evolving contexts." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration"This fascinating book pushes past viewing Israeli developments in terms of headlines, turbulence and shifting borders, addressing the lack of attention to the policy practices that have emerged in a relatively young nation that has borrowed structures and practices from multiple settings." Beryl Radin, Georgetown University"The community of scholars in Israel working on policy analysis have made numerous contributions to the field, especially in understanding how to make policy in conditions of risk. This volume provides an interesting and insightful analysis of those contributions." B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh and President, International Public Policy AssociationTable of ContentsForeword ~ Yehezkel Dror; Introduction: Policy Analysis in Israel: A Late Developer’s Story ~ Amos Zehavi and Gila Menahem; Part One: The Styles and Methods of Public Policy Analysis in Israel; Policy Analysis under Intense Pressures ~ Ira Sharkansky; Policy Analysis Evolution in Israel: Building Administrative Capabilities ~ Jennifer Oser and Itzhak Galnoor; Part Two: Policy Analysis by the Executive and the Legislature; Policy Analysis in the Central Government: Latest development and challenges ahead ~ Gal Alon; Local Government and the Challenge of Policy Analysis ~ Nahum Ben-Elia; Policy Analysis and the Legislature ~ Shirley Avrami; The Making of Disability Policy in Israel: Ad- hoc Advisory Expert Panels ~ Arie Rimmerman and Michal Soffer; Part Three: Policy Analysis in Specific Government Units; Policy Analysis in the Treasury: How does the Israeli Ministry of Finance Arrive at a Policy Decision? ~ Momi Dahan; Policy Analysis in the Bank of Israel ~ Kranit Flug; Part four: Policy Analysis from the Outside; Insiders Within? The Third Sector and Policy Analysis in Israel ~ Hagai Katz; Policy Analysis Education in Graduate Programs in Israel ~ Iris Geva May and Anat Gofen.
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Bristol University Press Islam and Social Work
Book SynopsisThis unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations.Trade Review"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)"A really valuable and up-to-date resource that addresses all fields of social work. It gets at the questions that practitioners actually ask." David Pitcher, Children’s Guardian, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service"This excellent teaching and learning aid provides students with an insightful understanding of the Islamic faith to take forward into social work practice." David J. Gaylard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of ChichesterTable of ContentsIntroduction The Muslim Ummah: context and concepts Social Work Education & Islam principles Gender Relations and the Morphology of the Family Working with Families Health and Muslim Families Ageing & Muslim Communities Muslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey Devanna Conclusion
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Bristol University Press Islam and Social Work
Book SynopsisThis unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations.Trade Review"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)"A really valuable and up-to-date resource that addresses all fields of social work. It gets at the questions that practitioners actually ask." David Pitcher, Children’s Guardian, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service"This excellent teaching and learning aid provides students with an insightful understanding of the Islamic faith to take forward into social work practice." David J. Gaylard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of ChichesterTable of ContentsIntroduction The Muslim Ummah: context and concepts Social Work Education & Islam principles Gender Relations and the Morphology of the Family Working with Families Health and Muslim Families Ageing & Muslim Communities Muslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey Devanna Conclusion
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Policy Press Religion and Welfare in Europe
Book SynopsisCompares regional conceptions and variations of welfare in relation to national religious traditions across key parts of Europe. Using comparative case studies, the book examines the transition from research to practical policy recommendations, highlighting the similarities and differences between selected European countries.Trade Review"This new volume brings a fresh perspective... and makes an impressive contribution to our knowledge in this important area." Theology“This is a fascinating, complex, rich book rooted in deep research and providing an innovative and revealing new analysis in the intersection of welfare, women and minorities.” Religion, State & Society"A fascinating volume exploring religion, gender, minorities and welfare in Europe, offering significant insights into the link between values, welfare and social change." Dr Stephanie Sinclair, The Open University"This is a timely and authoritative text - fit for students and experts alike - which builds on the insights of the WaVE research to shed new light on gender issues and minority religious groups in Europe. The comparative perspective encompassing diverse national settings provides an important back-drop for analysing some of the key social welfare implications of an increasingly culturally diverse continent." Rana Jawad, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Anders Bäckström Part one: Thinking methodologically: approaches to research and practice; Between contextuality and comparability: a dilemma in qualitative comparative case studies ~ Pål Repstad Using case studies in religion, values and welfare research ~ Olav Helge Angell and Lina Molokotos-Liederman Social cohesion: from research to practice ~ Olav Helge Angell, Marjukka Laiho, Anne Birgitta Pessi and Siniša Zrinš?ak Part two: Thinking regionally: key case studies in welfare and religion in Europe The WaVE project as a record of religious and social transformations in northern Europe ~ Anders Bäckström The intersections of state, family and Church in Italy and Greece ~ Margarita Markoviti and Lina Molokotos-Liederman Religion, welfare and gender: the post-communist experience ~ Siniša Zrinš?ak Part three: Gendered and minority perspectives Understanding religious minority communities as civil society actors ~ Annette Leis-Peters Striving to live the good life: the tension between self-fulfilment and family obligations for women in northern England ~ Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon Religion as a resource or as a source of exclusion?: The case of Muslim women’s shelters ~ Pia Karlsson Minganti The moral and gendered crisis of the Italian welfare system seen through the prism of migrant women’s reproductive health ~ Annalisa Frisina Part four: Drawing the threads together Welfare and values in Europe: insights drawn from a comparative cross-country analysis ~ Effie Fokas Afterword ~ Grace Davie
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Policy Press Countering Extremism in British Schools
Book SynopsisIn 2014 the `Trojan Horse' affair, an alleged plot to `Islamify' several state schools in Birmingham, caused a previously highly successful school to be vilified. Holmwood and O'Toole challenge the accepted narrative and show how it was used to justify an intrusive counter extremism agenda.Trade Review"A compelling alternative analysis of the `Trojan Horse’ affair, shining much-needed light on a serious but neglected vector of educational inequality in the UK." Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham“This highly engaging book charts the pervasive and politically motivated racialization of Muslim communities in Britain today. Detailed in its use of evidence and comprehensive in its analysis, it should be compulsory reading for everybody interested in the working of the state.” Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh"Makes for important reading not only to rectify the injustices committed in the unfolding of the affair, but as part of the continued debate on what values should be promoted in schools, how these values should be interpreted, and their compatibility with religious expression." Journal of Education Policy“An assiduous, impeccably researched account of the events that took place in Birmingham….utterly devastating reading. I cannot recommend it strongly enough." Peter Oborne, journalist.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A plot to Islamicise schools? Part 1: Context `British values’ and community cohesion Prevent: from hearts and minds to muscular liberalism Community cohesion, schooling and Prevent Religious education, collective worship and publicly funded education Governance, school reform and change management Part 2: The case Introducing the case Enter Ofsted The Clarke and Kershaw Reports The NCTL hearings and their collapse Conclusion: Lessons from the Trojan Horse affair
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Hashtag Islam How CyberIslamic Environments Are
Book SynopsisGary R. Bunt is a twenty-year pioneer in the study of cyber-Islamic environments (CIEs). In this new book, he explores the diverse and surprising ways digital technology is shaping how Muslims across vast territories relate to religious authorities in fulfilling spiritual, mystical, and legalistic agendas.
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The University of North Carolina Press In a Pure Muslim Land
Book SynopsisCentering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this Land of the Pure.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Muhammads Body Baraka Networks and the Prophetic Assemblage
Book SynopsisAnalysing classical Muslim literary representations of Muhammad's body as they emerge in Sunni hadith and sira from the eighth to the eleventh centuries, Michael Muhammad Knight argues that early Muslims' theories and imaginings about Muhammad's body contributed in significant ways to the construction of prophetic masculinity and authority.Trade ReviewA stimulating academic analysis of writings about the way Muhammad's body supposedly blessed others during his lifetime and after his death. . . . [Knight] offers fresh insights into Muslim masculinity, esotericism, and power. This is an erudite, provocative tour de force." —Publishers Weekly
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The University of North Carolina Press Who Is Muhammad
Book SynopsisCombining insights from the best published historical and religious studies scholarship, original research, and rich first-person perspective, this highly readable book offers a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the founder and central figure of the Islamic tradition: the prophet Muhammad.
£69.70
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Between Two Worlds Jewish War Brides after the
Book SynopsisHistorian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian, and British military personnel after the war.Trade ReviewA fresh perspective on the aftermath of trauma . . . . Drawing on rich archival sources, historian Judd makes her book debut with a sensitive, well-researched history of marriages between survivors of the Holocaust and American, British, and Canadian military personnel . . . . Judd's stories of "loss, recovery, power, and unbelonging" stand as testimony to the triumph of survival."—Kirkus Reviews
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University of Texas Press Six Memos from the Last Millennium
Book SynopsisThe critically acclaimed author of A Blessing on the Moon, The English Disease, and A Curable Romantic explores stories from the Talmud, one of the most sacred Jewish texts, to discover the modern wisdom in these ancient tales.Trade Review"Skibell's work is lucid and erudite, and he does honor to his subject matter...A fresh look at an ancient source." * Kirkus *". . . highly readable, and deeply thought-provoking...he presents the Talmud’s treatment of its own authors as both role models and warnings, a remarkably self-reflective approach that is needed today perhaps more than ever." * Jewish Book Council *Table of Contents A Note on the Title Acknowledgments A Novelist Reads the Talmud: An Introduction Timeline of Relevant Events, According to Rabbinic Tradition Memo One. Rabbi Yohanan and Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish Chapter 1. Eros and Alchemy in the Waters of the Jordan Memo Two. Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai Chapter 2. Turning the Hearts of Fathers Memo Three A, B, and C. Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair, and Rabbi Judah ben Gerim Chapter 3. Towards the Hearts of Sons Memo Four. Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah, and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus Chapter 4. The Gate of a Broken Heart Memo Five. Rabbi Akiva, Shimon ben Azzai, Shimon ben Zoma, and Elisha ben Avuyah Chapter 5. Revelation, Retribution, Perdition, Ecstasy, and Bliss: An Epic Canvas Endnotes Glossary
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University of Texas Press Directed by God
Book SynopsisThe first study of its kind, Directed by God analyzes several representations of Jewish religiosity in Israeli film and television that challenge secular Zionism in contemporary Israeli society.Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1. Jewish and Human: Images of Orthodox Jews Chapter 2. Jewish and Israeli: Images of Mizrahi Jews Chapter 3. Jewish and Fanatic: Images of Religious Zionists Chapter 4. Jewish and Popular: Images of Religion on TV Afterword Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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University of Texas Press Directed by God
Book SynopsisThe first study of its kind, Directed by God analyzes several representations of Jewish religiosity in Israeli film and television that challenge secular Zionism in contemporary Israeli society.Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1. Jewish and Human: Images of Orthodox Jews Chapter 2. Jewish and Israeli: Images of Mizrahi Jews Chapter 3. Jewish and Fanatic: Images of Religious Zionists Chapter 4. Jewish and Popular: Images of Religion on TV Afterword Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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University of Texas Press Why Harry Met Sally
Book SynopsisExplicating one of the most potent and recurring mass-culture fantasies, this book explores Jewish-Christian couplings across a century of popular American literature, theater, film, and television.Trade ReviewEssential. This richly detailed book on interfaith relationships—specifically between Jews and Christians—fills a real gap in cinema studies. . . Though the title of the book is a play on the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, Moss examines a truly encyclopedic series of texts, both filmic and literary, and dives deep into the subject, offering dazzling insights on nearly every page. * Choice *Moss’s argument is a refreshing break from the jeremiads that often accompany analyses of the representation of Jews in popular culture. . . the [questions] addressed by Moss in this work are both interesting and of value to Jews, non-Jews, and students of American Judaism and American religion more broadly conceived. * Reading Religion *Moss has accomplished a tour de force, and his coupling theory is worth the extended consideration he hopes it will receive…His work will be of interest to media studies, Jewish studies and American studies, to name just a few relevant areas. * Journal for Religion, Film and Media *[An] extensive, multigenerational, multidisciplinary survey of Jewish-Christian couplings...Why Harry Met Sally makes an important contribution to film and television history and is a valuable resource insofar as it points to just about every significant American film, Broadway show, and television show engaging the themes of Christian-Jewish coupling and links them to a broader literary history of this theme. * Jewish Historical Studies *Rich and engrossing…Moss's prodigious and impressive scholarship contributes an extremely important addition to the canon of academic writing on romantic comedy. * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television *Moss's infusion of 'coupling theory' into the way interfaith relationships are both presented in popular media and read by audiences is nothing short of brilliant, and should be a methodological tool that all scholars in these fields immediately take up...a must-read for many scholars. * Studies in American Jewish Literature *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Sally’s Orgasm Part One. The First Wave: The Mouse-Mountains of Modernity (1905–1934) Chapter 1. Disraeli’s Page: Performative Jewishness in the Public Sphere Chapter 2. Kafka’s Ape: Literary Modernism, Jewish Animality, and the Crisis of the New Cosmopolitanism Chapter 3. Abie’s Irish Rose: Immigrant Couplings, Utopian Multiculturalism, and the Early American Film Industry Part Two. The Second Wave: Erotic Schlemiels of the Counterculture (1967–1980) Chapter 4. Benjamin’s Cross: Israel, New Hollywood, and the Jewish Transgressive (1947–1967) Chapter 5. Portnoy’s Monkey: Postwar Literature, Stand-Up Comedy, and the Emergence of the Carnal Jew (1955–1969) Chapter 6. Katie’s Typewriter: Hollywood Romance, Historical Rewrite, and the Subversive Sexuality of the Counterculture Part Three. The Third Wave: Global Fockers at the Millennium (1993–2007) Chapter 7. Spiegelman’s Frog: Coded Jewish Metamorph and Christian Witnessing (1978–1992) Chapter 8. Seinfeld’s Mailman: Global Television and the Wandering Sitcom (1993–2000) Chapter 9. Gaylord’s Tulip: Fluid and Fluidity at the Millennium (1993–2008) Conclusion. Plato’s Retweet Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Evolving Images
Book SynopsisJews have always played an important role in the generation of culture in Latin America, despite their relatively small numbers in the overall population. In the early days of cinema, they served as directors, producers, screenwriters, composers, and broadcasters. As Latin American societies became more religiously open in the later twentieth century, Jewish characters and themes began appearing in Latin American films and eventually achieved full inclusion. Landmark films by Jewish directors in Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil, which are home to the largest and most influential Jewish communities in Latin America, have enjoyed critical and popular acclaim.Evolving Images is the first volume devoted to Jewish Latin American cinema, with fifteen critical essays by leading scholars from Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Israel. The contributors address transnational and transcultural issues of Jewish life in Latin America, such as assimilation, integration, idenTrade Review[A] superb collection of essays…All too often we find a statement such as 'this is a 'must book' for all those interested in…' In considering Evolving Images it is warranted, for it points to an equally evolving academic enterprise within Latin American-Jewish studies. * Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas *A welcome addition to the English-language literature on Jewish themes in Latin American cinema...highly readable...Glickman and Huberman should be congratulated for putting together a fine collection of essays on the inadequately studied topic of Jewish presence in Latin American cinema. * Jewish Film and New Media *The editors are to be commended for creating a structure that gives insight into specific aspects of Jewish lives and how these are visually depicted in Latin American countries...Evolving Images is essential reading for anyone seeking to gain insight into Jewish filmmaking in Latin American countries. Those studying or wishing to learn more about how Jewish motives and themes are treated in Latin American film and cinema will find this edited anthology highly informative and engaging. Everyone interested in the depiction of religion, heritage and/or cultural identities on film might also be interested in the collection. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Introduction. Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema (Nora Glickman and Ariana Huberman) Part I. Alternative Identities 1. Out of the Shadows: María Victoria Menis’s Camera Obscura (Graciela Michelotti) 2. Intercultural Dilemmas: Performing Jewish Identities in Contemporary Mexican Cinema (Elissa J. Rashkin) 3. Incidental Jewishness in the Films of Fabián Bielinsky (Amy Kaminsky) Part II. Memory and Violence 4. My German Friend and the Jewish Argentine/German “Mnemo-Historic“ Context (Daniela Goldfine) 5. Dispersed Friendships: Jeanine Meerapfel’s La amiga (Patricia Nuriel) 6. Revisiting the AMIA Bombing in Marcos Carnevale’s Anita (Mirna Vohnsen) Part III. New Themes 7. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation: A Jewish Journey in the Land of Soccer (Alejandro Meter) 8. Coming of Age in Two Films from Argentina and Uruguay (Carolina Rocha) 9. Waiting for the Messiah: The Super 8mm Films of Alberto Salomón (Ernesto Livon-Grosman) Part IV. Diasporas and Displacements 10. Geographic Isolation and Jewish Religious Revival in Front (Ariana Huberman) 11. Negotiating Jewish and Palestinian Identities in Latin American Cinema (Tzvi Tal) 12. From a Dream to Reality: Representations of Israel in Contemporary Jewish Latin American Film (Amalia Ran) 13. On Becoming a Movie (Ilan Stavans) Part V. Comparative Perspectives: North and South American Cinema 14. Jewish Urban Space in the Films of Daniel Burman and Woody Allen (Jerry Carlson) 15. Interfaith Relations between Jews and Gentiles in Argentine and US Cinema (Nora Glickman) Afterword. Film Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies (Naomi Lindstrom) Jewish Latin American Filmography Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Evolving Images Jewish Latin American Cinema
Book SynopsisWith critical essays by leading scholars from Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Israel, this is the first volume devoted to Jewish filmmaking and films with Jewish themes and characters in Latin America.Trade Review[A] superb collection of essays…All too often we find a statement such as 'this is a 'must book' for all those interested in…' In considering Evolving Images it is warranted, for it points to an equally evolving academic enterprise within Latin American-Jewish studies. * Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas *A welcome addition to the English-language literature on Jewish themes in Latin American cinema...highly readable...Glickman and Huberman should be congratulated for putting together a fine collection of essays on the inadequately studied topic of Jewish presence in Latin American cinema. * Jewish Film and New Media *The editors are to be commended for creating a structure that gives insight into specific aspects of Jewish lives and how these are visually depicted in Latin American countries...Evolving Images is essential reading for anyone seeking to gain insight into Jewish filmmaking in Latin American countries. Those studying or wishing to learn more about how Jewish motives and themes are treated in Latin American film and cinema will find this edited anthology highly informative and engaging. Everyone interested in the depiction of religion, heritage and/or cultural identities on film might also be interested in the collection. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Introduction. Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema (Nora Glickman and Ariana Huberman) Part I. Alternative Identities 1. Out of the Shadows: María Victoria Menis’s Camera Obscura (Graciela Michelotti) 2. Intercultural Dilemmas: Performing Jewish Identities in Contemporary Mexican Cinema (Elissa J. Rashkin) 3. Incidental Jewishness in the Films of Fabián Bielinsky (Amy Kaminsky) Part II. Memory and Violence 4. My German Friend and the Jewish Argentine/German “Mnemo-Historic“ Context (Daniela Goldfine) 5. Dispersed Friendships: Jeanine Meerapfel’s La amiga (Patricia Nuriel) 6. Revisiting the AMIA Bombing in Marcos Carnevale’s Anita (Mirna Vohnsen) Part III. New Themes 7. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation: A Jewish Journey in the Land of Soccer (Alejandro Meter) 8. Coming of Age in Two Films from Argentina and Uruguay (Carolina Rocha) 9. Waiting for the Messiah: The Super 8mm Films of Alberto Salomón (Ernesto Livon-Grosman) Part IV. Diasporas and Displacements 10. Geographic Isolation and Jewish Religious Revival in Front (Ariana Huberman) 11. Negotiating Jewish and Palestinian Identities in Latin American Cinema (Tzvi Tal) 12. From a Dream to Reality: Representations of Israel in Contemporary Jewish Latin American Film (Amalia Ran) 13. On Becoming a Movie (Ilan Stavans) Part V. Comparative Perspectives: North and South American Cinema 14. Jewish Urban Space in the Films of Daniel Burman and Woody Allen (Jerry Carlson) 15. Interfaith Relations between Jews and Gentiles in Argentine and US Cinema (Nora Glickman) Afterword. Film Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies (Naomi Lindstrom) Jewish Latin American Filmography Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Moving In and Out of Islam
Book SynopsisEmbracing a new religion, or leaving one’s faith, usually constitutes a significant milestone in a person’s life. While a number of scholars have examined the reasons why people convert to Islam, few have investigated why people leave the faith and what the consequences are for doing so. Taking a holistic approach to conversion and deconversion, Moving In and Out of Islam explores the experiences of people who have come into the faith along with those who have chosen to leave it—including some individuals who have both moved into and out of Islam over the course of their lives.Sixteen empirical case studies trace the processes of moving in or out of Islam in Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East. Going beyond fixed notions of conversion or apostasy, the contributors focus on the ambiguity, doubts, and nonlinear trajectories of both moving in and out of Islam. They show how people shifting in either direction have tTrade ReviewHighlighting the 'powerful intertwinement of religion, politics, and morality' (to quote the editor) in Islam, this collection will help readers understand and appreciate the complex dimensions of the processes of moving in and out of Islam. * CHOICE *There is much room for reflection and learning within this engaging text. Van Nieuwkerk is to be commended for collating a comprehensive guide to the subject, and presenting this from so many previously under researched perspectives. This is a valuable contribution to existing literature on adopting and rejecting Islam. * The Muslim World Book Review *[A] fascinating collection…Moving In and Out of Islam represents a valuable contribution to the scholarly discourse on contemporary conversion to, and deconversion from, Islam…this volume as a whole invites imitation: what it does for the study of Muslim conversions and deconversion in Europe and the Middle East underscores the need for similar work focusing on moving in and out of Islam in the North American context. * Journal of Contemporary Religion *The contributors [to Moving In and Out of Islam] provide detailed examples and narratives of people converting from different backgrounds including from and within the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Through the evidence they assemble, the contributors seek to identify the struggles and consequences the converts face in a time of increasing politicization and radicalization of Islam. * Middle East Journal *[A] timely volume…uniquely powerful in its field...This volume is a useful resource for students, lecturers and researchers interested in religious transformation, Islam and Muslims in Europe, non-religion, and Islamic studies in general. The breadth and depth of the assembled contributions make this a benchmark for studies of (de)conversion and Islam in Europe and beyond. * Journal of Muslims in Europe *van Nieuwkerk has selected an interesting range of contributors who speak to the varied nature of 'moving in' and 'moving out' processes, which illustrates that these concepts are not fixed in how they are defined, experienced, and discussed in scholarly research...Moreover, the book fills an important gap by including non-belief and moving out of Islam to the academic study of religious transformation processes amongst Muslims. This volume is of relevance to anyone interested in looking beyond the motivations for religious conversion to Islam and gaining a deeper insight into religious change over the course of people's lives. * Reading Religion *Table of Contents Introduction: Moving In and Out of Islam (Karin van Nieuwkerk) Section I. Conceptualizing Religious Change 1. People Do Not Convert but Change: Critical Analysis of Concepts of Spiritual Transitions (William Barylo) 2. Moving In or Moving Toward? Reconceptualizing Conversion to Islam as a Liminal Process (Juliette Galonnier) 3. Understanding Religious Apostasy, Disaffiliation, and Islam in Contemporary Sweden (Daniel Enstedt) Section II. (De)conversion, Race, Culture, and Ethnicity) 4. Giving Islam a German Face (Esra Özyürek) 5. Merging Culture with Religion: Trajectories of Slovak and Czech Muslim Converts since 1989 (Gabriel Pirický) 6. Moving into Shiʿa Islam: The “Process of Subjectification” among Shiʿa Women Converts in London (Yafa Shanneik) 7. Can a Tatar Move Out of Islam? (Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Michał Łyszczarz) Section III. Transnational Movement and Moving between Traditions 8. Religious Authority and Conversions in Berlin’s Sufi Communities (Oleg Yarosh) 9. Deradicalization through Conversion to Traditional Islam: Hamza Yusuf’s Attempt to Revive Sacred Knowledge within a North Atlantic Context (Haifaa Jawad) 10. Escaping the Limelight: The Politics of Opacity and the Life of a Dutch Preacher in the UK (Martijn de Koning) Section IV. Narratives and Experiences of Moving Out of Islam 11. British Muslim Converts: Comparing Conversion and Deconversion Processes To and From Islam (Mona Alyedreessy) 12. In the Closet: The Concealment of Apostasy among Ex-Muslims in Britain and Canada (Simon Cottee) 13. Religious Skepticism and Nonbelieving in Egypt (Karin van Nieuwkerk) 14. “God never existed, and I was looking for him like crazy!” Muslim Stories of Deconversion (Teemu Pauha and Atefeh Aghaee) Section V. Debating Apostasy and Deconversion 15. Faith No More: The Views of Lithuanian Converts to Islam on Deconversion (Egdūnas Račius) 16. Let’s Talk about Apostasy! Swedish Imams, Apostasy Debates, and Police Reports on Hate Crimes and (De)conversion (Göran Larsson) Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Borrowed Time
Book SynopsisDocumentation, through photographs and interviews, of those who survived the unique Nazi ghetto/camp located at Terezín, Czech Republic. Dennis Carlyle Darling has photographed and interviewed hundreds of Holocaust survivors who spent time at the German transit camp and ghetto at Terezín, a former eighteenth-century military garrison located north of Prague. Many of the prisoners were kept there until they could be transported to Auschwitz or other camps, but unlike German captives elsewhere, they were allowed to participate in creative activities that the Nazis used for propaganda purposes to show the world how well they were treating Jews. Although it was not classified as a “death camp,” more than 33,000 prisoners died at Terezín from hunger, disease, and mistreatment. In Borrowed Time, Darling reveals Terezín as a place of painful contradictions, through striking and intimate portraits that retrace time an
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Duke University Press The Moral Triangle
Book SynopsisSa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor draw on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews to explore the asymmetric relationships between Germans and Israeli and Palestinian immigrants in the context of official German policies, public discourse, and the impact of coming to terms with the past.Trade Review“Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor are engaged in rich and rare dialogues—with each other and their informants—that redefine the ‘moral triangle’ between Palestinians, Jews, and Germans as they act, react, interact, resist, and reconcile in Berlin. In a spirit of affective affiliation they draw on psychic compulsions and political circumstances that haunt the histories of cohabitation. Survival, trauma, grace, forgiveness, desperation, and hospitality are issues that stir the conscience and consciousness of this remarkable book. The Moral Triangle exceeds its geometry to provide a many-sided, plural perspective on living together in difference with dignity.” -- Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University“The Moral Triangle takes up one of the most complex topics in the contemporary world: the ethically fraught relationships between Germans, Israelis, and Palestinians. But Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor's book is also much more than an original and urgently needed study; it is itself an ethical document that exemplifies how scholarship can confront thorny moral and political problems with generosity, nuance, and a strong sense of restorative justice. This uniquely powerful book will make a significant and salutary intervention for both academic and general readerships.” -- Michael Rothberg, author of * The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators *“[The Moral Triangle] shines in its impressionistic and fast-paced reportage style. Galor and Atshan tap into narratives of perpetrators and victims, trauma and its afterlives, responsibility and reconciliation, morality, and memory.” -- Anna-E. Younes * Journal of Palestine Studies *“Guilt and a sense of culpability for their country’s past crimes against the Jewish people have led many Germans—particularly the country’s government—to adopt highly supportive positions vis-a-vis Israel. In The Moral Triangle, scholars Saed Atshan and Katharina Galor dare to explore the sensitive intricacies of this issue. . . . The results of their work are fascinating and groundbreaking.” -- Dale Sprusansky * Washington Report on Middle East Affairs *
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New York University Press Growing Gods Family
Book SynopsisIllustrates the hidden challenges embedded within the evangelical adoption movement. For over a decade, prominent leaders and organizations among American Evangelicals have spent a substantial amount of time and money in an effort to address what they believe to be the Orphan Crisis of the United States. Yet, despite an expansive commitment of resources, there is no reliable evidence that these efforts have been successful. Adoptions are declining across the board, and both foster parenting and foster-adoptions remain steady. Why have evangelical mobilization efforts been so ineffective? To answer this question, Samuel L. Perry draws on interviews with over 220 movement leaders and grassroots families, as well as national data on adoption and fostering, to show that the problem goes beyond orphan care. Perry argues that evangelical social engagement is fundamentally self-limiting and difficult to sustain because their subcultural commitments lock them into an approach that does not worTrade ReviewPerrys book is significant because it is one of the first to offer a clear window into evangelical activism from a rich sociological perspective. Perry is extraordinarily balanced in his analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of evangelicals dominant approach to social engagement. * American Journal of Sociology *This books central tenet about the saliency of branding a church that is attractive to racially diverse professional millennials leads to interesting research questions about the effectiveness of such strategies in other Chicago churches and churches around the nation... this book serves as a useful guide for how churches may approach attracting new members in a period of increasing racial diversity and declining worship attendance. * The Review of Religious Research *Growing Gods Familyis about America as much as it is about evangelicals. Were do-gooders. We adopt orphans. We do other good things. And yet, our excessive individualism too often gets in the way. The result: we rush into rash ill-prepared activism. Growing Gods Family is marvelously well-researched and deeply disturbing. -- Robert Wuthnow,Princeton UniversityThis fascinating case study deftly captures the authentic spirit of so many American evangelical 'movements' for change, explaining with empathetic and fair but brutally honest criticism why and how religiously motivated people and activism can prove in the end to be ironically self-undermining and ineffective. A valuable contribution to our sociological understanding of American evangelicalism and religious movements and culture. -- Christian Smith,University of Notre DameGrowing Gods Familyis a strong, well-researched book, worthy of a wide academic and non-academic audience. * Sociology of Religion *
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New York University Press Dust to Dust
Book SynopsisA revealing look at how death and burial practices influence the livingDust to Dust offers a three-hundred-year history of Jewish life in New York, literally from the ground up. Taking Jewish cemeteries as its subject matter, it follows the ways that Jewish New Yorkers have planned for death and burial from their earliest arrival in New Amsterdam to the twentieth century.Allan Amanik charts a remarkable reciprocity among Jewish funerary provisions and the workings of family and communal life, tracing how financial and family concerns in death came to equal earlier priorities rooted in tradition and communal cohesion. At the same time, he shows how shifting emphases in death gave average Jewish families the ability to advocate for greater protections and entitlements such as widows' benefits and funeral insurance. Amanik ultimately concludes that planning for life's end helps to shape social systems in ways that often go unrecognized.Trade ReviewAmanik has crafted a detailed, compelling study that uses the universal experience of death and dying to interrogate the transitions in New York’s Jewish community (16). His work invites scholars to see the deeply personal and human aspect of religious rituals behind and beyond more abstract theological arguments. In so doing, he shines a light on the struggles of generations of Jewish Americans to find a place they could call their own. * Early American Literature *Through meticulous research, Amanik has uncovered the intriguing story of how Jews in New York, over more than three centuries, have dealt with end of life concerns and dilemmas. Decidedly not a maudlin work on death and dying, this engaging book deepens our understanding of Jewish family life in Gotham and highlights tensions within the community over control of cemeteries the most basic Jewish institution. A notable contribution to the saga of the worlds largest Jewish community. -- Jeffrey S. Gurock,Author of Jews in Gotham: New York Jews and Their Changing CityDust to Dust does an excellent job showing how the desire for a Jewish burial continues to change as society changes… Anyone looking for a different take on Jewish American social history should enjoy this work. * The Reporter *Dust to Dust is a meticulously researched and solidly written study making the case for how powerfully end-of-life matters have continually molded the daily lives of American Jews. Throughout, New York City emerges as the cornerstone for related precedents and debates, setting the tone across Jewish communities in North America and beyond. * AJS Review *Amanik is a meticulous social historian adept at featuring individuals or events that illustrate overall trends or unique phenomena. * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Allan Amanik’s Dust to Dust will engage scholars of American Jewish history and institutions, as well as immigration and ethnic history more generally. * Journal of American Ethnic History *Will be of interest to historians of Americans death-practices, and to students of American Jewish history. Yet it also should appeal to those who are themselves New Yorkers wishing to learn more of their citys past, and especially to the descendants of those many persons buried in the cemeteries described in the book. -- Lucy Bregman,Temple UniversityThe chronological presentation flows smoothly and the book is well written. In order to gain a better appreciation of the development and issues involved in cemeteries, the book should be read by a wide audience and especially by those interested in Jewish history and identity. I encourage ethnic historians, sociologists, and anthropologists to read the book because of the parallels in the evolution of their cemeteries from tight control by early merchants to the fight over cemetery lands and who and how one should be buried, especially when religious groups, fraternal organizations, and professional funeral services compete for “members.” This book is a gem among the few works available on cemetery studies. * Journal of Jewish Identities *
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New York University Press Growing Gods Family
Book SynopsisIllustrates the hidden challenges embedded within the evangelical adoption movement. For over a decade, prominent leaders and organizations among American Evangelicals have spent a substantial amount of time and money in an effort to address what they believe to be the Orphan Crisis of the United States. Yet, despite an expansive commitment of resources, there is no reliable evidence that these efforts have been successful. Adoptions are declining across the board, and both foster parenting and foster-adoptions remain steady. Why have evangelical mobilization efforts been so ineffective? To answer this question, Samuel L. Perry draws on interviews with over 220 movement leaders and grassroots families, as well as national data on adoption and fostering, to show that the problem goes beyond orphan care. Perry argues that evangelical social engagement is fundamentally self-limiting and difficult to sustain because their subcultural commitments lock them into an approach that does not worTrade Review"Perrys book is significant because it is one of the first to offer a clear window into evangelical activism from a rich sociological perspective. Perry is extraordinarily balanced in his analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of evangelicals dominant approach to social engagement." * American Journal of Sociology *"This books central tenet about the saliency of branding a church that is attractive to racially diverse professional millennials leads to interesting research questions about the effectiveness of such strategies in other Chicago churches and churches around the nation... this book serves as a useful guide for how churches may approach attracting new members in a period of increasing racial diversity and declining worship attendance." * The Review of Religious Research *"Growing Gods Familyis about America as much as it is about evangelicals. Were do-gooders. We adopt orphans. We do other good things. And yet, our excessive individualism too often gets in the way. The result: we rush into rash ill-prepared activism. Growing Gods Family is marvelously well-researched and deeply disturbing." -- Robert Wuthnow,Princeton University"This fascinating case study deftly captures the authentic spirit of so many American evangelical 'movements' for change, explaining with empathetic and fair but brutally honest criticism why and how religiously motivated people and activism can prove in the end to be ironically self-undermining and ineffective. A valuable contribution to our sociological understanding of American evangelicalism and religious movements and culture." -- Christian Smith,University of Notre Dame"Growing Gods Familyis a strong, well-researched book, worthy of a wide academic and non-academic audience." * Sociology of Religion *
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New York University Press Heavenly Sex
Book SynopsisCelebrated sex expert and bestselling author Dr. Ruth Westheimer bridges the gap between sex and religion in this provocative exploration of intimacy in the Jewish faithIn this light-hearted, lively tour of Jewish sexuality, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and Jonathan Mark team up to reveal how the Jewish tradition is much more progressive than popular wisdom might lead one to believe. Applying Dr. Ruth's acclaimed brand of couples therapy to such Biblical relationships as Abraham and Sarah, and Joseph and Potiphar's wife, the authors enlist Biblical lore to explore such topics as surrogacy, incest, and arranged marriages. They offer a clearer understanding of the intertwining relationships between sexuality and spirituality through incisive investigations of the Song of Songs, Ruth, Proverbs, Psalms, and some of the bawdier tales of the Prophets. One chapter provides a provocative new perspective on the Sabbath as a weekly revival, highlighting not only its spiritual nature, but also its maTrade Review"America's favorite sex therapist probably best known for making the word orgasm a TV talk show favorite, collaborates with Jewish Week editor Mark in a more significant accomplishment—a thoughtful study of the roles of sexuality in Judaica." * Booklist *
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New York University Press Creating the Creation Museum
Book SynopsisInvestigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum In Creating the Creation Museum, Kathleen C. Oberlin shows us how the largest Creationist organization, Answers in Genesis (AiG), built a museumwhich has had over three million visitorsto make its movement mainstream. She takes us behind the scenes, vividly bringing the museum to life by detailing its infamous exhibits on human fossils, dinosaur remains, and more. Drawing on over three years of research at the Creation Museum, where she was granted rare access to AiG's leadership, Oberlin examines how the museum convincingly reframes scientific facts, such as modeling itself on traditional natural history museums. Through a unique historical dataset of over 1,000 internal documents from creationist organizations and an analysis of media coverage, Creating the Creation Museum shows how the museum works as a site of social movement activity and a place to contest theTrade ReviewMost studies of American creationism focus upon words – the words in legal cases and the writings of advocates and opponents. Oberlin takes a fresh new look at creationism by focusing on the built environment of a creationist museum. She argues that creationism is made plausible through emulating the authority of the museum form and the sensory experience in general. This book is an important addition to studies of museums as an argumentative form, and particularly to studies of American creationism. -- John Evans, author of What is Human? What the Answers Mean for Human RightsOberlin shows through cutting-edge, in-depth ethnography that the creation museum is part of a deliberate social movement to support creationist ideas. In looking at this unique case, she provides new insights for those of us who want to understand how counter movements influence science acceptance, how alternative political movements flourish, and for those who want to bring sociology to bear on the study of religion and science. Creating the Creation Museum is an incredibly important and deeply readable work. -- Elaine Howard Ecklund, co-author of Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About ReligionOberlin examines the creationist group Answers in Genesis (AiG) and its Creation Museum in light of plausibility politics ... The book is enhanced with numerous pictures of the museum, its exhibits, and its office/research area. * Choice *Through its mix of history, ethnography, and social scientific theory, Creating the Creation Museum is an excellent introduction to an important site on the American religious landscape. * Nova Religio *Kathleen C. Oberlin presents an innovative exploration of the sociopolitical underpinnings for modern interpretations of creationism…In considering the widening gap between religious and secular life in the United States, this work also highlights that for some communities, like the biblical literalists who founded the museum, the sacred remains pervasive, blurring the lines of science and history. -- Emily J. Bailey * Reading Religion *
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New York University Press The New American Zionism
Book SynopsisIn The New American Zionism, Theodore Sasson challenges the conventional view of waning American Jewish support for Israel. Instead, he shows that we are in the midst of a shift from a mobilization approach, which first emerged with the new state and focused on supporting Israel through big, centralized organizations, to an engagement approach marked by direct and personal relations with the Jewish state. Today, growing numbers of American Jews travel to Israel, consume Israeli news and culture, and focus their philanthropy and lobbying in line with their personal political viewpoints. As a result, American Jews find Israel more personally meaningful than ever before. Yet, at the same time, their ability to impact policy has diminished as they no longer speak with a unified voice.Trade Review"The New American Zionism offers an important challenge to the widely accepted belief that the relationship between American Jews and Israel has entered a time of crisis . . . . Sasson's corrective to recent scholarship on distancing from Israel helps to explain the enduring centrality that Israel holds in American Jewish life across generational cohorts . . . . Thanks to this study, the distancing hypothesis now has an alternate interpretation of American Jewish attitudes toward Israel." -- Noam Pianko * H-Net *"Theodore Sasson's new book - The New American Zionism - is a serious book. That is to say that in a field filled with the ignorant, the manipulative, and the charlatanic, Sasson offers a fact-based and measured analysis of the uneasy relationship between American Jews and Israel. That the release of this book did not make huge waves in the world of punditry is therefore just as unsurprising as it is unfortunate: Sasson doesn't hyperventilate a catchy theory of doom, and doesn't project a new era of flourishing relations. He paints an accurate, if complicated, picture of a changing relationship - changing for good and for bad and, at times, in ways yet to be decided." -- Shmuel Rosner * Jewish Journal *"Offers bad news for Israel's critics by providing good news about American Jews' relationship with Israel. Sasson's thoughtful, subtle, compelling analysis of American Jewish public opinions provides a rich and readable look at the multidimensional and ever-evolving ties Jews have with the Jewish State." -- Gil Troy,author of Why I am A Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today"Theodore Sasson challenges the often facile and sensational claims of the 'distancing' of American Jews from Israel in this well written, deeply researched and original book. He persuasively argues that a new and vital pluralism distinguishes the current relationship between American Jewry and the Jewish state, contesting the fashionable prophets of despair with a view of how passionately and directly American Jews actually engage with Israel . . . . An essential study of a highly contested and emotional issue and an important contribution to the field of Diaspora-homeland studies." -- Ilan Troen,Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University"The New American Zionism emerges out of a decade-long debate among observers of American Jews, about whether Jewish attachments to Israel are waning. Sasson has quickly established himself as a skeptic of claims of distancing, and here he makes his strongest case yet, mounting an array of evidence that triangulates multiple methods and multiple data sources. Importantly, he treats thequestion of American Jewish engagement with Israel not simply as a matter of personal identities and feelings of attachment but of institutionalized collective behavior, shifting the terrain of the debate from social psychology to sociology." * Social Forces *"The New American Zionismis neither defense, nor lament, nor celebration, nor critique Readers can decide their own politics for themselves. This, along with the crisp prose, good opening primer on the history of the relationship, and rich focus-group data that bring in real peoples voices, make the book especially accessible to newcomers to the topic and well suited for undergraduate classes" * Social Forces *"How disconnected are American Jews from the State of Israel? Many have engaged with alarm the claims by commentators like Peter Beinart, who point to a waning enthusiasm young American Jews feel toward Israel. But is this an accurate picture? In his groundbreaking studyThe New American Zionism, Theodore Sasson analyzes several key but neglected indicators of American Jewish attitudes to add greater nuance to this question. Not only does he examine the fundamental problem raised by Beinart and others, he challenges the framework by which much scholarship has engaged with this loaded topic." * American Jewish History *"Sassons well-documented report may be a partial antidote to the recent Pew Report showing decreased religious affiliation among Jews. Despite the drop in centralized funding, overall giving to Israel has increased, and engagement by Americans with Israel is alive and well." * Publishers Weekly *"[] Theodore Sassons historical narrative,The New American Zionsimoffers a provocative multivocal rendition of the current discussions of the future of Israels longstanding, if sometimes vexed, relationship with United States Jewry" * Cultural Critique *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Mobilization 2. Advocacy and Activism 3. Fundraising and Philanthropy 4. Tourism and Immigration 5. Attitudes and Attachment 6. Direct Engagement Appendix: List of Organizations Glossary of Hebrew Terms Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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New York University Press Religion Is Raced
Book SynopsisDemonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first centuryWhen White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of color act in a particular way, their motivations are usually attributed to their racial positioning. Religion Is Raced makes the case that religion in America has generally been understood in ways that center White Christian experiences of religion, and argues that all religion must be acknowledged as a raced phenomenon. When we overlook the role race plays in religious belief and action, and how religion in turn spurs public and political action, we lose sight of a key way in which race influences religiously-based claims-making in the public sphere. With contributions exploring a variety of religious traditions, from Buddhism and Islam to Judaism and Protestantism, as well as pieces on atheists and humanists, Religion Is Raced bringsTrade ReviewChallenges the unspoken narrative of whiteness that has shaped studies of US religion. Writing from various disciplinary perspectives, the authors collectively chart a more productive way forward, one that begins with very different (and more empirically accurate) assumptions. A state-of-the-art work and a shot across the bow. -- Paul Harvey, author of Christianity and Race in the American South: A HistoryAn important collective endeavor that will leave its mark as an essential resource for understanding contemporary American religion. Yukich and Edgell bring together several of the best scholars in the sociology of religion in order to shed new light on neglected racial (but also religious, ethnic and gendered) aspects of religion as it is lived in the United States today. This is a crucial and overdue corrective and a significant achievement. -- Michèle Lamont, Harvard UniversityAn incredibly rich, important and timely book. Yukich and Edgell, along with their powerhouse group of contributing authors, highlight crucial racial underpinnings and underlying organizing principals of contemporary religion and the consequences for social divisions, politics and identities. This book is a cornerstone, one that will shape scholarly work and public conversations for generations. -- Vincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University
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New York University Press Religion Is Raced
Book SynopsisDemonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first centuryWhen White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of color act in a particular way, their motivations are usually attributed to their racial positioning. Religion Is Raced makes the case that religion in America has generally been understood in ways that center White Christian experiences of religion, and argues that all religion must be acknowledged as a raced phenomenon. When we overlook the role race plays in religious belief and action, and how religion in turn spurs public and political action, we lose sight of a key way in which race influences religiously-based claims-making in the public sphere. With contributions exploring a variety of religious traditions, from Buddhism and Islam to Judaism and Protestantism, as well as pieces on atheists and humanists, Religion Is Raced bringsTrade Review"Challenges the unspoken narrative of whiteness that has shaped studies of US religion. Writing from various disciplinary perspectives, the authors collectively chart a more productive way forward, one that begins with very different (and more empirically accurate) assumptions. A state-of-the-art work and a shot across the bow." -- Paul Harvey, author of Christianity and Race in the American South: A History"An important collective endeavor that will leave its mark as an essential resource for understanding contemporary American religion. Yukich and Edgell bring together several of the best scholars in the sociology of religion in order to shed new light on neglected racial (but also religious, ethnic and gendered) aspects of religion as it is lived in the United States today. This is a crucial and overdue corrective and a significant achievement." -- Michèle Lamont, Harvard University"An incredibly rich, important and timely book. Yukich and Edgell, along with their powerhouse group of contributing authors, highlight crucial racial underpinnings and underlying organizing principals of contemporary religion and the consequences for social divisions, politics and identities. This book is a cornerstone, one that will shape scholarly work and public conversations for generations." -- Vincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University
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New York University Press The Secular Paradox
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023A radically new way of understanding secularism which explains why being secular can seem so strangely religiousFor much of America's rapidly growing secular population, religion is an inescapable source of skepticism and discomfort. It shows up in politics and in holidays, but also in common events like weddings and funerals. In The Secular Paradox, Joseph Blankholm argues that, despite their desire to avoid religion, nonbelievers often seem religious because Christianity influences the culture around them so deeply. Relying on several years of ethnographic research among secular activists and organized nonbelievers in the United States, the volume explores how very secular people are ambivalent toward belief, community, ritual, conversion, and tradition. As they try to embrace what they share, secular people encounter, again and again, that they are becoming too religious. And as they reject religion, thTrade ReviewBy far the best work done on secular movements and secularism. Blankholm’s impressive scope of data and his attention to diversity based on ethnicity, gender, and apostates from non-Christian traditions make this a unique and exceptional contribution to the field. -- Darren Sherkat, Southern Illinois UniversityMasterfully illustrates how the organized secular movement in the US is constantly being negotiated. -- Ryan Cragun, The University of TampaSimultaneously, an incisive examination of American secularity’s paradoxical relationship to `religion,’ its constitutive other, and an expansive ethnography of how secular people live with and in that paradox. Blankholm brilliantly attends to secularity not simply as a space of absence—religion’s remainder—but as a set of ethical, epistemological, and affective commitments—a tradition. . . . A remarkable book and essential reading for those interested in debates about secularism and religion in the United States and beyond. -- Mayanthi Fernando, University of California, Santa CruzThis work enriches understanding of one of the fastest growing segments of the US population, those with no religious affiliation or identity… [T]his study merits the attention of students of American religious culture at all levels. -- C. H. Lippy (emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) * CHOICE *...Interesting, thought-provoking, well-researched – and written in a readable, engaging, and captivating style. * Religious Studies Review *Pioneering. The Secular Paradox gives voice to a diverse cast of characters who can represent the increasing diversity of secular communities in the twenty-first-century United States and help to dispel views about secularism’s inherent whiteness and maleness. A must-read for scholars of American religions... sure to influence future scholarship in the field. * American Religion *Blankholm’s writing is praiseworthy… the author clearly articulates complicated paradoxical positions and clarifies murky terms. * Reading Religion *
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New York University Press The Secular Paradox
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023A radically new way of understanding secularism which explains why being secular can seem so strangely religiousFor much of America's rapidly growing secular population, religion is an inescapable source of skepticism and discomfort. It shows up in politics and in holidays, but also in common events like weddings and funerals. In The Secular Paradox, Joseph Blankholm argues that, despite their desire to avoid religion, nonbelievers often seem religious because Christianity influences the culture around them so deeply. Relying on several years of ethnographic research among secular activists and organized nonbelievers in the United States, the volume explores how very secular people are ambivalent toward belief, community, ritual, conversion, and tradition. As they try to embrace what they share, secular people encounter, again and again, that they are becoming too religious. And as they reject religion, thTrade ReviewBy far the best work done on secular movements and secularism. Blankholm’s impressive scope of data and his attention to diversity based on ethnicity, gender, and apostates from non-Christian traditions make this a unique and exceptional contribution to the field. -- Darren Sherkat, Southern Illinois UniversityMasterfully illustrates how the organized secular movement in the US is constantly being negotiated. -- Ryan Cragun, The University of TampaSimultaneously, an incisive examination of American secularity’s paradoxical relationship to `religion,’ its constitutive other, and an expansive ethnography of how secular people live with and in that paradox. Blankholm brilliantly attends to secularity not simply as a space of absence—religion’s remainder—but as a set of ethical, epistemological, and affective commitments—a tradition. . . . A remarkable book and essential reading for those interested in debates about secularism and religion in the United States and beyond. -- Mayanthi Fernando, University of California, Santa CruzThis work enriches understanding of one of the fastest growing segments of the US population, those with no religious affiliation or identity… [T]his study merits the attention of students of American religious culture at all levels. -- C. H. Lippy (emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) * CHOICE *...Interesting, thought-provoking, well-researched – and written in a readable, engaging, and captivating style. * Religious Studies Review *Pioneering. The Secular Paradox gives voice to a diverse cast of characters who can represent the increasing diversity of secular communities in the twenty-first-century United States and help to dispel views about secularism’s inherent whiteness and maleness. A must-read for scholars of American religions... sure to influence future scholarship in the field. * American Religion *Blankholm’s writing is praiseworthy… the author clearly articulates complicated paradoxical positions and clarifies murky terms. * Reading Religion *
£25.19
New York University Press Early Judaism
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism drawing on primary sources and new methodsOver the past generation, several major findings and methodological innovations have led scholars to reevaluate the foundation of Judaism. The Dead Sea Scrolls were the most famous, but other materials have further altered our understanding of Judaism's development after the Biblical era.This volume explores some of the latest clues into how early Judaism took shape, from the invention of rabbis to the parting of Judaism and Christianity, to whether ancient Jews considered themselves a nation. Rather than having simply evolved, normative Judaism is now understood to be the result of one approach having achieved prominence over many others, competing for acceptance in the wake of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in the year 70 CE. This new understanding has implications for how we think about Judaism today, as the collapse of rabbinic authority is leading to tTrade ReviewA spectacular round-up of superb authors, all of them expert in fields relating to the transition centuries between the Hebrew Bible and the emergence of Judaism -- and Christianity too. One after another, the essays provide the state of the question: what scholars are saying now, and why. If there is such a thing as a scholarly page-turner, this is it, a rewarding synopsis of scholarship on pretty much every page -- Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman,Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual, Hebrew Union CollegeOutstanding scholars of early Judaism share cutting edge research and new insights in this highly readable anthology. The succinct and accessible essays foreground the varieties of Judaisms and Jewish writings in late ancient times, the separation of Christianity from its Jewish origins, evolving constructions of gender, the development of the synagogue and its liturgy, and the consolidation of rabbinic Judaism in clear and compelling ways. This volume is sure to be welcomed by teachers of formative Judaism and Christianity, their students, and interested general readers. -- Judith R. Baskin,Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities, University of Oregon
£23.74
New York University Press Jews Across the Americas
Book SynopsisAn overview of the history of American Jewry using primary sources from Latin America, theCaribbean, Canada, and the United StatesJews Across the Americas is a groundbreaking sourcebook capturing the historical diversity and culturalbreadth of American Jews across Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States. Featuringprimary documents as well as scholarly interpretations, Jews Across the Americas builds upon newdevelopments in Jewish Studies, engaging with transnationalism, race, sexuality, and gender, andhighlighting the lived experiences of those often left out of Jewish history.Jews Across the Americas features an impressively broad and far-reaching range of historical sources,including artifacts and objects that have not previously been featured as integral to Jewish history in theWestern hemisphere. Entries teach readers how to understand everything from wills andadvertisements to sermons, and hoTrade ReviewAdrianna Brodsky and Laura Leibman have assembled a valuable anthology of diverse sources that will surprise and reward all who are interested in the history of Jews in the Americas. The introductions contextualizing each original document are wonderful gems, mini history lessons of the era and specific situation coupled with thematic discussions of race, gender, sexuality, and Jewishness. Designed as a supplement to typical courses on American Jewish history, Jews Across the Americas provides a rich resource for scholars and students alike. -- Deborah Dash Moore, University of MichiganRich with visual materials, Jews Across the Americas contains primary sources from South America, North America, and the Caribbean. Collectively, they widen our vision of the diversity of Jewish life on this side of the Atlantic. With excellent introductions to each source and questions to spark discussion, this is a stellar contribution to the teaching of modern Jewish history. -- Pamela S. Nadell, author of America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
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