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1 online resource (x, 433 pages) : PDF file(s) |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2020). |
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The Habad school of hasidism is distinguished today from other hasidic groups by its famous emphasis on outreach, on messianism, and on empowering women. <i>Hasidism Beyond Modernity</i> provides a critical, thematic study of the movement from its beginnings, showing how its unusual qualities evolved. Topics investigated include the theoretical underpinning of the outreach ethos; the turn towards women in the twentieth century; new attitudes to non-Jews; the role of the individual in the hasidic collective; spiritual contemplation in the context of modernity; the quest for inclusivism in the face of prevailing schismatic processes; messianism in both spiritual and political forms; and the direction of the movement after the passing of its seventh rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1994. Attention is given to many contrasts: pre-modern, modern, and postmodern conceptions of Judaism; the clash between maintaining an enclave and outreach models of Jewish society; particularist and universalist trends; and the subtle interplay of mystical faith and rationality. Some of the chapters are new; others, published in an earlier form, have been updated to take account of recent scholarship. This book presents an in-depth study of an intriguing movement which takes traditional hasidism beyond modernity. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Hasidism.
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Hasidism. |
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Mysticism -- Judaism.
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Mysticism -- Judaism. |
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Habad -- Philosophy.
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Habad -- Philosophy. |
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Habad. |
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Hasidism. |
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Print version: 9781906764708 |
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9781789628203 (ebook) |
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1789628202 (ebook) |
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9781906764708 (hardback) |
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