Prayer & community : the havurah in American Judaism /

Prayer & community : the havurah in American Judaism /

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Author / Creator:	Prell, Riv-Ellen, 1947- author.
Imprint:	Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Fellowship -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Prayer groups -- Judaism. Prayer -- Judaism. Judaism -- United States -- Liturgy. Fellowship -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Judaism -- Liturgy. Prayer groups -- Judaism. Prayer -- Judaism. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11980920
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Other title:	Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections.
ISBN:	081434447X 9780814344477 0814344461 9780814344460
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. 12 black and white images. 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.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Prell, Riv-Ellen, 1947- Prayer & community. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2018 0814344461 9780814344460

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Summary:	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. 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, continuing--rather than rejecting--many 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.
Item Description:	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. 12 black and white images.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:	081434447X 9780814344477 0814344461 9780814344460