TY - BOOK AU - Loewenthal,Naftali TI - Hasidism beyond modernity: essays in Habad thought and history SN - 9781789628203 AV - BM198 .H375 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Liverpool PB - Liverpool University Press KW - Hasidism KW - Mysticism KW - Judaism KW - Habad KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic Books N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2020); 2; 2; b N2 - The Habad school of hasidism is distinguished today from other hasidic groups by its famous emphasis on outreach, on messianism, and on empowering women. Hasidism Beyond Modernity provides a critical, thematic study of the movement from its beginnings, showing how its unusual qualities evolved. Topics investigated include the theoretical underpinning of the outreach ethos; the turn towards women in the twentieth century; new attitudes to non-Jews; the role of the individual in the hasidic collective; spiritual contemplation in the context of modernity; the quest for inclusivism in the face of prevailing schismatic processes; messianism in both spiritual and political forms; and the direction of the movement after the passing of its seventh rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1994. Attention is given to many contrasts: pre-modern, modern, and postmodern conceptions of Judaism; the clash between maintaining an enclave and outreach models of Jewish society; particularist and universalist trends; and the subtle interplay of mystical faith and rationality. Some of the chapters are new; others, published in an earlier form, have been updated to take account of recent scholarship. This book presents an in-depth study of an intriguing movement which takes traditional hasidism beyond modernity UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2521174&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -