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Ethnicity and Faith in American Judaism: Reconstructionism as Ideology and Institution, 1935-1959
Waxman, Deborah
Waxman, Deborah
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2010
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/3780
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This dissertation addresses the development of the movement of Reconstructionist Judaism in the period between 1935 and 1959 through an examination of ideological writings and institution-building efforts. It focuses on Reconstructionist rhetorical strategies, their efforts to establish a liberal basis of religious authority, and theories of cultural production. It argues that Reconstructionist ideologues helped to create a concept of ethnicity for Jews and non-Jews alike that was distinct both from earlier "racial" constructions or strictly religious understandings of modern Jewish identity.
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