| Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London: Being Liberal and Doing Traditional Contributor(s): Illman, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498542204 ISBN-13: 9781498542203 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - Music | Religious - Jewish - Religion | Judaism - Reform |
| Dewey: 296.094 |
| LCCN: 2019286310 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to contemporary religiosity in general: participation, embodiment, experience, emotions and creativity. Focusing on the progressive Anglo-Jewish milieu today, the study investigates how responses to these processes of change are negotiated individually and collectively and what role is allotted to music in this context. Building on ethnographic research conducted at Leo Baeck College in London (2014-2016), it maps how theologically unsystematic life-views take form through everyday musical practices related to institutional religion, identifying three theoretically relevant processes at work: the reflexive turn, the turn within and the turn to tradition. |