The Chosen People in America : A Study in Jewish Religious Ideology

Eisen, Arnold M.

ISBN 10: 0253313651 / ISBN 13: 9780253313652

Published by Indiana University Press, 1983

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Synopsis:

"This is a book of extraordinary quality and importance. In tracing the encounter of s (the chosen people) and America (the chosen nation).. Eisen has given the American ish community a new understanding of itself." —American ish Archives "... one of the most significant books on American ish thought written in recent years." —Choice What does it mean to be a in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as "a people that must dwell alone"? Although for centuries the notion of "The Chosen People" sustained ish identity, America, by offering ish immigrants an unprecedented degree of participation in the larger society, threatened to erode their ish identity and sense of separateness. Arnold M. Eisen charts the attempts of American ish thinkers to adapt the notion of chosenness to an American context. Through an examination of sermons, essays, debates, prayer-book revisions, and theological literature, Eisen traces the ways in which American rabbis and theologians—Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox thinkers—effected a compromise between exclusivity and participation that allowed s to adapt to American life while simultaneously enhancing ish tradition and identity.

About the Author: ARNOLD M. EISEN is Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University and author of Galut: Modern Jewish Reflection on Homelessness and Homecoming.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Chosen People in America : A Study in ...
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good