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Deceptive images : towards a redefinition of American Judaism / Charles S. Liebman.
- Title
- Deceptive images : towards a redefinition of American Judaism / Charles S. Liebman.
- Author
- Liebman, Charles S.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, 2016.
- ©1988
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Details
- Description
- x, 124 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Deceptive Images is a profoundly thoughtful effort by a social scientist - who is a participant observer in American Jewish life - to come to terms with his concerns about how American Jews and Judaism have been studied, and his sensitivity to the policy implications of such studies. Liebman writes about what he cares deeply about; as a social scientist he is able to use concepts and theories in which he has been trained, although not without a sense of their limitations. In the passionately argued book that results, Liebman contends that those concerned with American Jews, both social scientists and communal leaders, have placed too much emphasis on what Jews do, and too little emphasis on Judaism itself. Because they have depended too much on quantitative studies to help them understand contemporary American Jews, they have given too little encouragement to efforts to probe the meaning of Judaism in the lives of American Jews. This stimulating volume takes exception to the notion that American Jewish life is flourishing. It calls for reassessment both of the study of American Judaism and the priorities of American Jewish organizations."
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical referencs (pages 115-120) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The sociology of religion and the study of American Jews -- Religious extremism -- Orthodoxy faces modernity -- Traditionalists and transformationists -- The quality of Jewish life -- Reflections on social science and Jewish public policy.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-8931
- ISBN
- 1412863066
- 9781412863063
- LCCN
- 88001169
- OCLC
- 932262627
- Author
- Liebman, Charles S., author.
- Title
- Deceptive images : towards a redefinition of American Judaism / Charles S. Liebman.
- Publisher
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©1988
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical referencs (pages 115-120) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-8931