Ritual and Ethnic Identity [[electronic resource] ] : A Comparative Study of the Social Meaning of Liturgical Ritual in Synagogues / / Jack N. Lightstone and Frederick B. Bird

• Autore: Lightstone Jack N
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.4/0971
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Canada - Psychology; Judaism - Canada; Judaism - Canada - Liturgy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""PART 1 Method, Theory and the Larger Context""; ""1 Introduction: Liturgical Drama and Social Location: The Performance of Sabbath Morning Services in Several Canadian Synagogues""; ""2 Ritual as Communicative Action""; ""3 The Religion of Jewish Peoplehood: The Myth, Ritual and Institutions of the Civil Religion of Canadian Jewry""; ""PART 2 Congregational Liturgical Ritual""; ""4 Ritual, Reality and Contemporary Society: The Case of a Reconstructionist Synagogue"" ; ""5 The Use of Non-vernacular Language in the Sabbath Morning Service of a Reconstructionist Synagogue""""6 Ritual Performance in a Reform Sabbath Service""; ""7 The Synagogue as a Symbol of Ethnic Identity: The Case of a Sephardi Congregation""; ""8 Back to the Yeshiva: The Social Dynamics of an Orthodox Sabbath Morning Service""; ""9 Sabbath Morning Services in a Traditional Conservative Synagogue""; ""PART 3 Between Congregation and Family""; ""10 Contemporary Bar Mitzvah Rituals in Modern Orthodoxy""; ""11 Jewish Mourning Rites: A Process of Resocialization"" ; ""12 Family Rituals and Religion: A Functional Analysis of Jewish and Christian Family Ritual Practices""""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""K""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: In this innovative and comprehensive collection of essays Jack Lightstone and Frederick Bird document and interpret ritual practice among contemporary Canadian Jews. They particularly focus on the character and meaning of the public performance of the Sabbath liturgy in six urban Canadian synagogues, ranging from Orthodox to Reform, and from large congregations to a small house synagogue-yeshiva (rabbinic academy). Their examination of synagogue ritual is complemented with accounts of the ritual life of contemporary Canadian Jews outside the synagogue — amongst their families, within their homes and beyond. In contrast with other studies of Jewish observance, Lightstone and Bird document not simply which rituals are practised and how often; rather they stress the meaning, including the social meaning, of these rituals and treat them as complex symbolic systems. Their multidisciplinary approach together with their openness to include a wide variety of phenomena in their study (for example, the organization of the physical setting of the Sabbath, dress codes and patterns of greeting and handshaking) place this work at the very forefront of current research. Ritual and Ethnic Identity will be of great value to historians and sociologists of religion, anthropologists and all those concerned with religion, ritual and Canadian Jewish and ethnic studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ritual and Ethnic Identity
• ISBN: 1-282-16712-X; 9786613810199; 0-88920-728-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154756003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II