Social change and halakhic evolution in American Orthodoxy /
"Chaim Waxman, the pre-eminent sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, is one of the keenest observers of American Jewry. Having written on various aspects of this subject over the past forty years, he now revisits his earlier work in the light of recent developments. His familiarity with the en...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press,
2017
|
| Series: | Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- 1. Group size, social class, religion, and politics
- 2. The contemporary orthodox Jewish family in America
- 3. It's kosher to be Orthodox in America
- 4. American Orthodoxy adopts stringency
- 5. Tensions within modern Orthodoxy
- 6. Halakhic change and meta-halakhah
- 7. Revival of the Bible