Dynamics of Continuity and Change in Jewish Religious Life / / ed. by Eric Levine, Simcha Fishbane.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Bleich, Judith,; Brown, Benjamin,; Fishbane, Simcha,; Goldscheider, Calvin,; Greenberger, Chaya,; Kadish, Alan,; Kaplan, Zvi Jonathan,; Levine, Eric,; Mor, Pnina,; Rubin, Nissan,
• HerausgeberIn: Fishbane, Simcha,; Levine, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Touro University Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)

While the oft-"ed saying "the more things change, the more they stay the same" seems to aptly describe the nature of social life, the reverse may be equally accurate: the more things stay the same, the more they change. Indeed, the recognized institutions of human society, of which re...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Movements, Institutions and Organizations: Mobilizing for Religious Change
• Part One. Continuity and Change: Explorations in Contemporary Religious and Communal Life
• No "Right" of Passage? The Rabbinic Dispute Regarding the Propriety of Bat Mitzvah Celebrations
• Globalization and Judaism
• Part Two. Tradition and Transition: Historical Case Studies
• The Comeback of "Simple Faith": The Ultra-Orthodox Concept of Faith and Its Development in the Nineteenth Century
• Clerical Robes: Distinction or Dishonor?
• The Plight of the Agunah: The Proposal of the Union des Rabbins Français
• Changes in the Circle of Relatives for Whom One Was Required to Mourn: A Sociological Analysis of Talmudic Sources
• Part Three. The Challenges of Modern Medicine: Halachic and Ethical Responses
• The Rabbinic Response to Modern Medicine: Two Types of Piety
• Family Member's Presence at a Seriously Ill Patient's Bedside: May Sabbath Prohibitions be Overridden?
• Index