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Author Glazer, Aubrey L., author

Title Tangle of matter & ghost : Leonard Cohen's post-secular songbook of mysticism(s) Jewish & beyond / Aubrey L. Glazer
Published Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource
Series New perspectives in post-rabbinic Judaism
New perspectives in post-Rabbinic Judaism.
Contents Prelude : new skin for a post-secular circum/fession -- On exile as redemption in (Canadian) Jewish mysticism -- From darkness, a love of all this : seeking the sacred in post-secular song -- Tangle of matter & ghost : objective spirit & non-dual reality in prayerful poetry -- A question of pure consciousness in the priestly blessing of love -- Amen to American agnosticism -- Nothing as whole as a broken middle matzah -- Falling with our angels, so human -- "An appetite for something like religion" : unbinding the binding of Isaac, Jesus Christ & Joan of Arc through Zen -- Standing where there used to be a street : 9/11 post-secularism & sacred song -- Never mind this Neuzeit, here's Kaddish : between the nameless & the name -- Codetta : a philosophy of post-secular song in light of Piyyut as a cultural lens -- Coda : burning darker beyond "you want it darker."
Summary A sophisticated but accessible fusion of theory and critical popular culture of Leonard Cohen's mystical songbook in relation to post-secular thinking and Kabbalah, Hasidism and Rinzai Buddhism. This volume presents a unique inter-disciplinary approach to Jewish philosophy and literary studies that will touch diverse audiences and readership
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016 -- Criticism and interpretation
Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016 -- Religion
SUBJECT Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016 fast
Cohen, Leonard 1934-2016 gnd
Subject Popular music -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Mysticism -- Judaism.
Mysticism in music.
Jews -- Canada.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
MUSIC -- Lyrics.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
Popular music -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Jews
Mysticism in music
Mysticism -- Judaism
Religion
Religion
Judentum
Canada
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016056861
ISBN 9781618115508
1618115502