{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-american-judaism-paperback-9780521529518","title":"The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism (Paperback) 9780521529518","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to American Judaism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn historical and contemporary overview of the state of Jews and Judaism in the US.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDana Evan Kaplan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521529518, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e492 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.647 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'That said, American Judaism is an outstanding resource that is broad, introductory and accessible … It would serve as a superb reader for advanced undergraduate courses and will be a useful resource for both students and scholars.' Studies in Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the most important and interesting historical and contemporary facets of Judaism in America. Written by twenty-four leading scholars from the fields of religious studies, American history and literature, philosophy, art history, sociology, and musicology, the book adopts an inclusive perspective on Jewish religious experience. Three initial chapters cover the development of Judaism in America from 1654, when Sephardic Jews first landed in New Amsterdam, until today. Subsequent chapters include cutting-edge scholarship and original ideas while remaining accessible at an introductory level. A secondary goal of this volume is to help its readers better understand the more abstract term of 'religion' in a Jewish context. The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism will be of interest not only to scholars but also to all readers interested in social and intellectual trends in the modern world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Dana Evan Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e 1. From preservation to innovation: Judaism in America, 1654–1880 Eli Faber\u003cbr\u003e 2. The reshaping of American Judaism, 1880–1945 Lloyd P. Gartner\u003cbr\u003e 3. Trends in American Judaism from 1945 to the present Dana Evan Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e 4. Denominationalism in American Judaism Lawrence Grossman\u003cbr\u003e 5. Patterns of American Jewish religious behavior Chaim Waxman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Thinking Judaism through: Jewish theology in America Byron L. Sherwin\u003cbr\u003e 7. The essence of American Judaism Charles Liebman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Contemporary Jewish education Isa Aron, Michael Zeldin and Sara Lee\u003cbr\u003e 9. The place of Judaism in American Jewish identity Debra Renee Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Holocaust in Jewish American life Lynn Rapaport\u003cbr\u003e 11. Long distance nationalism: Zionism, Israel and American Jews Steve Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003e 12. Life cycle rituals: rites of passage in American Judaism Rela Mintz Geffen\u003cbr\u003e 13. Choosing lives: evolving gender roles in American Jewish families Sylvia Barack Fishman\u003cbr\u003e 14. The body and sexuality in American Jewish culture David Biale\u003cbr\u003e 15. The American Jewish urban experience Nathan Glazer\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'Sacred survival' revisited: American Jewish civil religion in the new millennium Jonathan Woocher\u003cbr\u003e 17. Judaism and democracy in America Alan Mittleman\u003cbr\u003e 18. The economics of American Judaism Carmel U. Chiswick\u003cbr\u003e 19. American Judaism and interfaith dialogue Yaakov Ariel\u003cbr\u003e 20. American midrash: urban Jewish writing and the reclaiming of Judaism Murray Baumgarten\u003cbr\u003e 21. Recent trends in new American Jewish music Mark Kligman\u003cbr\u003e 22. The visual arts in the American Jewish experience Matthew Baigell\u003cbr\u003e 23. Present and future tense: American Judaism in the 21st century Bruce Phillips\u003cbr\u003e Afterword Jonathan D. 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