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Judaism and Collective Life

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Examining the relationship between Judaism as a religious culture and kibbutz life, this is a ground-breaking work in the research of Judaism. The book takes as its point of departure the historical fact that it was Orthodox pioneers of German origin, in contrast to their Eastern European counterparts, who successfully developed religious kibbutz life. Employing sociological concepts and methods, the author examines the correlations between two evolutionary phases in kibbutz development and two modes of Judaism: the rational Halakhic and the emotive Hassidic modes. In doing this, he explores the relationship between two diverse dispositions towards the divinity - the transcendent and the immanent - and two diverse modes of the self and their related communities. This innovative and insightful work will be of essential interest to scholars of the sociology of religion, Jewish studies, modern Jewish history and Israel's national history, and will also interest those more broadly engaged with theology and religious studies.

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ISBN: 9781138008649
Publication date: 8th May 2015
Author: Aryei Fishman
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 160 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Genres: Judaism
Social groups and identities
Religious communities and monasticism