Overview
- Engages several important case studies unfamiliar to many scholars, such as the Baruch movement and Olumba
- Presents an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on sociology of religion as a methodology but also making use of history, anthropology, and critical theory lenses
- Illustrates Israeli religious diversity and investigates the challenges the country faces balancing its historic legacy with modern demands for a plural society
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities (PSNRAS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Jew Age Spirituality
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New Age Culture in Israel
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Some Popular Currents in the Israeli ‘Scene’
Reviews
“Much has been written on traditional Jewish religion, but little on present-day alternatives in Israel. This volume is a fascinating and lucidly written collection of essays spanning a range of new forms of spirituality and new expressions of ancient faiths. The anthology is a highly valuable resource, both for the general reader and for subsequent researchers who decide to explore the field further.” (George D. Chryssides, York St John University, UK)
“This volume is an important contribution to the study of New Age in Israeli society. The anthology, the first of its kind in English, includes studies of diverse topics such as New Age Judaism, Spiritual care in medical organizations, the attitude of the state to New Religious Movements, Channeling, and other aspects of contemporary spirituality. The volume highlights the transformation, adaptation, and reaction to contemporary western spirituality in Israel and offers an important contribution to the study of the local andglobal aspects New Age culture.” (Boaz Huss, The Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
James R. Lewis is an extensively published scholar in the fields of new religious movements and religion and violence. He is currently Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø, Norway.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Alternative Spiritualities in Israel
Editors: Shai Feraro, James R. Lewis
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53913-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54741-5Published: 10 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53913-7Published: 09 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2665
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 249
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Religion, Jewish Theology, Judaism, Spirituality, Religion and Society