Research Catalog

Title

Strife in the sanctuary : religious schism in a Jewish community / Phil Zuckerman.

Author

Zuckerman, Phil.

Publication

Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, ©1999.

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Details

Description

262 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"For more than forty years there was a single synagogue in the quiet town of Willamette, Oregon. But then disagreements over gender roles, homosexuality, Israeli politics, and other issues tore the synagogue in two. Where there was once one Jewish community under one roof, there are now two hostile congregations - one liberal Reconstructivist, one conservative Orthodoxacross the street from one another." "Through a year as a participant in both congregations and in-depth interviews, Zuckerman tells the mesmerizing story of this religious schism. Strife in the Sanctuary then contemplates why religious groups split apart and how religious symbols come to mean different things for different groups."--Jacket.

Subject

• Judaism > Oregon > History
• Orthodox Judaism > Relations > Nontraditional Jews. > Oregon
• Synagogues > Oregon > Membership
• Interfaith relations
• Judaism
• Nontraditional Jews
• Orthodox Judaism
• Synagogues > Membership
• Jodendom
• Geloofsgemeenschappen
• Sociale conflicten
• Jews > Oregon
• Orthodox Judaism > United States > Relations > Nontraditional Jews
• Judaïsme > États-Unis > Orégon > Histoire
• Synagogues > États-Unis > Orégon
• Oregon

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Two congregations -- Community forms -- The community before the storm -- Division begins -- Orthodoxy -- The schism -- Then there were two -- The sociology of religious schism -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0761990534
• 9780761990536
• 0761990542
• 9780761990543

LCCN

98040169

OCLC

• ocm39985537
• 39985537
• SCSB-541098

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library