Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London
Subtitle: Being Liberal and Doing Traditional
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781498542203
Subjects: Music, religious aspects, judaism; Synagogue music; Music, history and criticism; Music, social aspects
Description: 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.