This book gives voice to the experiences of secularization based on much new and illuminating research, making it possible to observe the current, vociferous discourse in the context of the deep and long-term historical processes. The book is laid out in four "Acts" that open windows through which one may view the various experiences of secularization. One hears many contradictory voices of hope and despair, enthusiasm and frustration, anger, rebellion, alienation, apprehension, and pain.
In the various acts between the sixteenth and the early twentieth centuries, secularization as a historical process was expressed in many modes, on the spectrum between soft and radical, some of them very intimate, which were bound up with experiences of pain, panic, alienation, and betrayal. Secularization is a powerful force that gave rise to unprecedented global change in private lives, in society, in the nation, and in the state in the modern age. It also shaped Jewish religion as it is known today and gave rise to defensive and militant orthodoxy, to political and religious frameworks, to humanistic and liberal Judaism, and to other ways of creating a secular Jewish culture as an alternative to religion. In the various acts between the sixteenth and the early twentieth centuries, secularization as a historical process was expressed in many modes, on the spectrum between soft and radical, some of them very intimate, which were bound up with experiences of pain, panic, alienation, and betrayal.
| ISBN: | 9781805960003 |
| Publication date: | 13th January 2026 |
| Author: | Shmuel Feiner |
| Publisher: | Voltaire Foundation an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics Cultural policies and debates Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Humanist and secular alternatives to religion Social and cultural anthropology Social and cultural history Violence, intolerance and persecution in history Philosophy of religion Other religions and spiritual beliefs |
This book gives voice to the experiences of secularization based on much new and illuminating research, making it possible to observe the current, vociferous discourse in the context of the deep and long-term historical processes. The book is laid out in four "Acts" that open windows through which one may view the various experiences of secularization. One hears many contradictory voices of hope and despair, enthusiasm and frustration, anger, rebellion, alienation, apprehension, and pain.
In the various acts between the sixteenth and the early twentieth centuries, secularization as a historical process was expressed in many modes, on the spectrum between soft and radical, some of them very intimate, which were bound up with experiences of pain, panic, alienation, and betrayal. Secularization is a powerful force that gave rise to unprecedented global change in private lives, in society, in the nation, and in the state in the modern age. It also shaped Jewish religion as it is known today and gave rise to defensive and militant orthodoxy, to political and religious frameworks, to humanistic and liberal Judaism, and to other ways of creating a secular Jewish culture as an alternative to religion. In the various acts between the sixteenth and the early twentieth centuries, secularization as a historical process was expressed in many modes, on the spectrum between soft and radical, some of them very intimate, which were bound up with experiences of pain, panic, alienation, and betrayal.
The Emotional Experience of Jewish Secularization Since the Early Modern Era features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics, Cultural policies and debates, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and cultural history, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, Philosophy of religion, Other religions and spiritual beliefs
The Emotional Experience of Jewish Secularization Since the Early Modern Era is available in Paperback
The Emotional Experience of Jewish Secularization Since the Early Modern Era was written by Shmuel Feiner and published by Voltaire Foundation an imprint of Liverpool University Press
The Emotional Experience of Jewish Secularization Since the Early Modern Era has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series