Prayer & Community : The Havurah in American Judaism.
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- computer
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- 9780814344477
- 296.387
- BM720.F4 .P745 1989
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Decorum in American Judaism: The Sacred in Social Interaction -- 2. Havurah Judaism: Old World Decorum and Countercultural Aesthetics -- 3. A Sabbath Minyan: Organization, Decorum, and Experience -- 4. The Constituents of Minyan Prayer: Community, Interpretation, and Halaha -- 5. The Prayer Crisis -- 6. Praying in the Minyan: Performance and Covenant -- 7. Community, Visibility, and Gender in Prayer -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
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