The chosen people in America : a study in Jewish religious ideology / Arnold M. Eisen.

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Eisen, Arnold M, 1951- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

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9780253313652

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LOC classification:

BM613 .C467 1983

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Contents:

Part one : Introduction -- Part two : The "Second Generation" (1930-1955) -- Part three : The "Third Generation" (1955-1980) -- Part four : Conclusion.

Subject: What does it mean to be a Jew in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as "a people that must dwell alone?" Although for centuries the notion of "The Chosen People" sustained Jewish identity, America, by offering Jewish immigrants an unprecedented degree of participation in the larger society, threatened to erode their Jewish identity and sense of separateness. Arnold M. Eisen charts the attempts of American Jewish thinkers to adapt the notion of chosenness to an American context. Through an examination of sermons, essays, debates, prayer-book revisions, and theological literature, Eisen traces the ways in which American rabbis and theologians-Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox thinkers-effected a compromise between exclusivity and participation that allowed Jews to adapt to American life while simultaneously enhancing Jewish tradition and identity. AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/Chosen-People-America-Religious-Experience-ebook/dp/B00BIP21LW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20CIE59MITGUY&keywords=9780253313652&qid=1686930712&s=books&sprefix=9780253313652%2Cstripbooks%2C219&sr=1-1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BM613.E374.C467 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923000567012

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part one : Introduction -- Part two : The "Second Generation" (1930-1955) -- Part three : The "Third Generation" (1955-1980) -- Part four : Conclusion.

What does it mean to be a Jew in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as "a people that must dwell alone?" Although for centuries the notion of "The Chosen People" sustained Jewish identity, America, by offering Jewish immigrants an unprecedented degree of participation in the larger society, threatened to erode their Jewish identity and sense of separateness. Arnold M. Eisen charts the attempts of American Jewish thinkers to adapt the notion of chosenness to an American context. Through an examination of sermons, essays, debates, prayer-book revisions, and theological literature, Eisen traces the ways in which American rabbis and theologians-Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox thinkers-effected a compromise between exclusivity and participation that allowed Jews to adapt to American life while simultaneously enhancing Jewish tradition and identity. AMAZON

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