Lynn Davidman

Becoming Un-Orthodox

Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews

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Produktbeschreibung

Lynn Davidman offers an in-depth study of defectors from Orthodox Judaism, showing how they negotiate the difficult passage away from their families and communities and reconstruct their identities in new social contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199380503
• ISBN-10: 0199380503
• Artikelnr.: 47866577

Autorenporträt

Lynn Davidman is the Beren Distinguished Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the University of Kansas. She is the author of Tradition in a Rootless World, which won a National Jewish Book Award, Motherloss, and Feminist Perspectives in Jewish Studies, co-edited with Shelly Tenenbaum. Her research has appeared in such journals as Sociology of Religion and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. She serves on the advisory board of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University and is a member of the editorial board for Qualitative Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction - Haredi Life: The Metanarrative and Religious Bodily Practices
Chapter 2 - Tears in the Sacred Canopy
Chapter 3 - First Transgressions
Chapter 4 - Passing
Chapter 5 - Stepping Out
Conclusion - You Can't Turn Off Your Past
Notes
References
Index