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How Economics Helped Shape American Judaism [PDF]

This chapter discusses the strong impact of economic forces, and changes in the economic environment, on American Jewish observance and American Jewish religious institutions in the 20th century.
Chiswick, Carmel U.
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Man as symbol of God

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1979
It is a well-known fact that Judaism and Zoroastrianism, being prophetic religions with a monotheistic character, present many affinities. One point of similarity is a clear tendency towards aniconic representation of the Divine, which, from the ...
Anders Hultgård
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Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
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The Costobar Affair: Comparing Idumaism and Early Judaism [PDF]

, 2020
This article examines the Costobar Affair, a narrative aside in Josephus's Jewish Antiquities and a moment in the history of Idumeans, to revisit the parting of the ways and the relationship of early Judaism and early Chistianity to their next-door ...
Collin Cornell
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What is and is not Hellenistic Judaism?

Caminhos, 2017
: in the studies of Judaism in antiquity, and in the field of general History as well, it is usual to find references to Hellenistic Judaism, usually in opposition to Palestinian Judaism.
Cesar Motta Rios
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“A Person's God Should Look Like Them”: African Traditional Religions Among Black Queer Millennials and Gen Z Americans

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are young Black Americans practicing spirituality contemporarily? Today younger generations of Black Americans are more likely than older Black Americans to identify as religiously unaffiliated or as practicing a non‐Christian faith. Drawing on 109 interviews with Black Millennial and Gen Z Americans, I examine how some of these younger ...
Terrell J. A. Winder
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REFLECTIONS ON THE DISTINCTNESS OF JUDAISM AND THE SCIENCES

Zygon, 2011
.  The object of this essay is to explain what there is about discussions of Judaism and the sciences that is distinctive from discussions about religion in general and the sciences.
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Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
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“Go Ahead and Bring Me Up on Charges—The Rocks Will Sing Out”: Organizational Structure, Ally Activism, and the Struggle for Marriage Equality in the UMC

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of struggle, the United Methodist Church (UMC) removed all LGBTQ‐restrictive language from its Book of Discipline in 2024, overturning exclusionary policies that forbid same‐sex weddings and the ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy. This research sheds light on the activism that preceded institutional change within the UMC.
Nancy L. Malcom, Melinda D. Kane
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Rereading the Anxious City in Gillian Rose and Xi Xi

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Roy Chan
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