Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
סוציולוגיה ישראלית
Angaben zur Quelle:
כ, 1 (תשעט) 74-98
Keywords:
New Age movement
;
Spiritual life Judaism
;
Secular Jews
Abstract:
This article explores New Age Judaism (NAJ) in Israel as a case studydemonstrating the reorganization of the religious field and the emergence of newhybrid religious forms in a post-secular age. Whereas most studies on this issueemploy a perspective that emphasizes the political and/or ethnic dimensions ofsuch emerging religious forms, we propose a class perspective on the practices ofJewish renewal and focuse on new patterns of distinction that are based on culturaleclecticism and omnivorousness, as well as on the engagement in immersive spiritualexperiences – both of which produce a sense of personal authenticity. We show thatthe participants articulate their activities in terms of practices of ‘spiritual openness’performed through a) the selective appropriation of non-Jewish and Jewish spiritualtechniques, and b) the reconstruction the Jewish ritual, which provides the participantswith a sense of personal and collective belonging to the Jewish tradition. Combined,the two practices delineate symbolic class boundaries between the NAJ participantsand those who are perceived as religiously parochial and passive.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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