Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London : Being Liberal and Doing Traditional.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Background of the Study: Entering the Research Field -- The Three 'Turns' -- Outline of the Study -- Chapter One: Theoretical Starting Points -- Researching Vernacular Religion -- Music as a Hallmark of Contemporary Religiosity -- Jewish Music and Change: Special Focus Areas -- A New Sonic Space for Jewish Music -- Chapter Two: Entering the Ethnographic Field -- Methodological Perspectives -- Introducing the Ethnography -- Features in the Interview Material -- "Religion is a Complicated Matter" -- Chapter Three: Dinah -- "Doing Jewish" the Traditional Way -- "Niggunim Can Feel Evangelical" -- "The Physicality of Music" -- "Prayer Is Possible Only When Women and Men Are Fully Equal" -- Chapter Four: Micah -- Changing Jewish Identity -- "Music as a Mystical Practice" -- Poetic Beauty - Intellectual Integrity -- Chapter Five: Esther -- "Moving to the Right Liturgically" -- "God Is the Hardest Thing to Talk about in Words" -- Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards -- Chapter Six: David -- "The Idea of Pure, Rational Religion Is a Very Dated One" -- Musical Explorations -- "An Association with the 'Old World'" -- Chapter Seven: Rachel -- Turning to Tradition -- Music Comes First -- Not an Isolated Journey -- Conclusion -- Music as an Instigator and Insignia of Religious Change -- The Three Turns Confirmed, Challenged and Contradicted -- The Role of Music and Concrete Musical Practices -- The Broader Implications for the Jewish Sonic Space -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Websites -- Index -- About the Author.

This book analyses the role of music in processes of religious change in contemporary progressive Judaism. Based on ethnographic research conducted in London, it illustrates a growing trend among progressive Jews in the West today: the desire to combine liberal theology with forms of practice experienced as more traditional.

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