| Description |
1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Decorum in American Judaism: The Sacred in Social Interaction; 2. Havurah Judaism: Old World Decorum and Countercultural Aesthetics; 3. A Sabbath Minyan: Organization, Decorum, and Experience; 4. The Constituents of Minyan Prayer: Community, Interpretation, and Halaha; 5. The Prayer Crisis; 6. Praying in the Minyan: Performance and Covenant; 7. Community, Visibility, and Gender in Prayer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Riv-Ellen Prell spent eighteen months of participant observation field research studying a countercultural havurah to determine why these groups emerged in the United States during the 1970s. In her book, she explores the central questions posed by the early havurot and their founders. She also examines the havurah as a development of American Judaism, continuing⁰́₄rather than rejecting⁰́₄many of the previous generations' ideas about religion. Combining history and ethnography, Prell uses current theories about ritual and prayer to understand men's and women's struggles with their religious tradition and their desire to create community |
| Notes |
The publication of this volume in a freely accessible digital format has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation through their Humanities Open Book Program |
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12 black and white images |
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Riv-Ellen Prell is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota. She earned her Ph. D. at the University of Chicago and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals |
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Fellowship -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Prayer groups -- Judaism.
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Prayer -- Judaism.
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Judaism -- United States -- Liturgy
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REL040010.
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HISTORY -- Jewish.
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Fellowship -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Judaism -- Liturgy.
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Prayer groups -- Judaism.
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Prayer -- Judaism.
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United States.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
081434447X |
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9780814344477 |
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