| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 159 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Background of the Study: Entering the Research Field; The Three 'Turns'; Outline of the Study; Chapter One: Theoretical Starting Points; Researching Vernacular Religion; Music as a Hallmark of Contemporary Religiosity; Jewish Music and Change: Special Focus Areas; A New Sonic Space for Jewish Music; Chapter Two: Entering the Ethnographic Field; Methodological Perspectives; Introducing the Ethnography; Features in the Interview Material; "Religion is a Complicated Matter"; Chapter Three: Dinah; "Doing Jewish" the Traditional Way |
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"Niggunim Can Feel Evangelical""The Physicality of Music"; "Prayer Is Possible Only When Women and Men Are Fully Equal"; Chapter Four: Micah; Changing Jewish Identity; "Music as a Mystical Practice"; Poetic Beauty -- Intellectual Integrity; Chapter Five: Esther; "Moving to the Right Liturgically"; "God Is the Hardest Thing to Talk about in Words"; Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards; Chapter Six: David; "The Idea of Pure, Rational Religion Is a Very Dated One"; Musical Explorations; "An Association with the 'Old World'"; Chapter Seven: Rachel; Turning to Tradition; Music Comes First |
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Not an Isolated JourneyConclusion; Music as an Instigator and Insignia of Religious Change; The Three Turns Confirmed, Challenged and Contradicted; The Role of Music and Concrete Musical Practices; The Broader Implications for the Jewish Sonic Space; Appendix; Glossary; References; Websites; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
This book analyses the role of music in processes of religious change in contemporary progressive Judaism. Based on ethnographic research conducted in London, it illustrates a growing trend among progressive Jews in the West today: the desire to combine liberal theology with forms of practice experienced as more traditional |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-154) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Jews -- England -- London
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Judaism -- England -- London
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Jews -- Music
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Music -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Jews -- Music.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Jews
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Judaism
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Music -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Musik
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Reformjudentum
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Synagoge
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England -- London
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England
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London
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| Genre/Form |
Music
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021677891 |
| ISBN |
9781498542210 |
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1498542212 |
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