Hasidism beyond modernity : essays in Habad thought and history /: essays in Habad thought and history. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Naftali Loewenthal.
• Authors: Loewenthal, Naftali, 1944-
• Contents: Introduction Part I. From the Ba'al Shem Tov to Modern Outreach 1. Hippy in the Mikveh: The Hasidic Ethos and the Schisms of Jewish Society 2. The Ba'al Shem Tov's 'Sacred Epistle' and Contemporary Habad Outreach Part II. 3. The Hasid and the Other 4. Reason and Beyond Reason 5. Finding the Individual 6. Habad Contemplation in Context 7. Women and the Dialectic of Spirituality in Hasidism 8. From 'Ladies' Auxiliary' To 'Shluchos Network': Women's Activism in Twentieth-Century Habad 9. Habad Messianism: A Combination of Opposites 10. 'From the Source of Raḥamim': Graveside Prayer in Habad Hasidism 11. Habad, the Rebbe, and the Messiah in the Twenty-First Century Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 433 pages)
• Subjects: 296.83322; Hasidism; Mysticism -- Judaism; Habad -- Philosophy; Habad -- Philosophy; Hasidism; Mysticism -- Judaism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789628203; 1789628202
• Related ISBNs: 9781906764708
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