Off the Derech (eBook)

Leaving Orthodox Judaism

Ezra Cappell, Jessica Lang (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
451 Seiten
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
9781438477268 (ISBN)

Infos

Combines powerful first-person accounts with incisive scholarly analysis to understand the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox Jews who leave their insular communities and venture into the wider world.In recent years, many formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews have documented leaving their communities in published stories, films, and memoirs. This movement is often identified as "e;off the derech"e; (OTD), or off the path, with the idea that the "e;path"e; is paved by Jewish law, rituals, and practices found within their birth communities. This volume tells the powerful stories of people abandoning their religious communities and embarking on uncertain journeys toward new lives and identities within mainstream society. Off the Derech is divided into two parts: stories and analysis. The first includes original selections from contemporary American and global authors writing about their OTD experiences. The second features chapters by scholars representing such diverse fields as literature, history, sociology, psychology, anthropology, religion, and gender studies. The interdisciplinary lenses provide a range of methodologies by which readers can better understand this significant phenomenon within contemporary Jewish society.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2020
• Reihe/Serie: SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture
• Reihe/Serie: SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture
• Reihe/Serie: SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture
• Reihe/Serie: SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture
• Zusatzinfo: 1 b&w photo, 10 figures
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-13: 9781438477268 / 9781438477268