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American JewBu Jews, Buddhists, and religious change

Title: American JewBu [electronic resource] : Jews, Buddhists, and religious change / Emily Sigalow.
Author: Sigalow, Emily.
Publication: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2019]

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Description

1 online resource (xv, 256 pages)

Uniform Title

American JewBu (Online)

Alternative Title

American JewBu (Online)

Subject

Buddhism > Relations > Judaism
Judaism > Relations > Buddhism
Jews > Religious life > United States
Buddhist converts from Judaism > United States
United States > Religion > 1960-

Note

Revised Ph.D. thesis at Brandeis University.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Breaking down the barriers -- Julius Goldwater and buddhist paths to self-discovery -- Jews and the liberalization of American Buddhism -- Buddhism and the creation of a contemplative Judaism -- Making meditation Jewish -- Mapping Jewish-Buddhist spirituality -- Constructing a Jewish-Buddhist identity -- After The Jew in the lotus.

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