New Age Judaism

by Rothenberg, Celia E; Vallely, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780853038603
• ISBN10: 0853038600
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell

Summary

Experimentation with yoga, drumming, meditation, eclectic musical forms, Buddhism, and egalitarian prayer were once the province of the most marginal of Jewish religious practices. Today, however, they are being embraced with varying degrees of enthusiasm within mainstream Jewish denominations, revealing the gradual 'normalization' of New Age Judaism's religious forms. New Age Judaism focuses much needed scholarly attention on these new forms and expressions of Judaism both within and outside of the synagogue setting.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
New Age Jews: Jewish Shamanism and Jewish Yoga	p. 1
Jewish Redemption by Way of the Buddha: A Post-modern Tale of Exile and Return	p. 19
Jewish Spirituality and Late Capitalism	p. 34
'Women of Vision' in the Jewish Renewal Movement: The Eshet Hazon ['Woman of Vision'] Ceremony	p. 52
Beyond New Age: Jewish Renewal's Reconstruction of Theological Meaning in the Teachings of Rabbi Z. Schachter-Shalomi	p. 73
Abstracts	p. 95
Notes on Contributors	p. 97
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