Introduction: Crypto-Jewish descent: an ethnographic study in historical perspective -- Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness -- Women and the persistence of culture : ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry -- Self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness -- Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism -- Conversion and the rekindling of the Jewish soul -- Jewish ancestry and the social construction of ethnic identity -- Conclusion: Ethnic loss and the future of Crypto-Jewish culture
Summary
This study of contemporary crypto-Jews - descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition - traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-185) and index
