{"product_id":"polin-franois-guesnet-9781906764760","title":"Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 33: Jewish Religious Life in Poland Since 1750","description":"Following tremendous advances in recent years in the study of religious belief, this volume adopts a fresh understanding of Jewish religious life in Poland. Approaches deriving from the anthropology, history, phenomenology, psychology, and sociology of religion have replaced the methodologies\u003cbr\u003eof social or political history that were applied in the past, offering fascinating new perspectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe well-established interest in hasidism continues, albeit from new angles, but topics that have barely been considered before are well represented here too. Women's religious practice gains new prominence, and a focus on elites has given way to a consideration of the beliefs and practices of\u003cbr\u003eordinary people. Reappraisals of religious responses to secularization and modernity, both liberal and Orthodox, offer more nuanced insights into this key issue. Other research areas represented here include the material history of Jewish religious life in eastern Europe and the shift of emphasis\u003cbr\u003efrom theology to praxis in the search for the defining quality of religious experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contemporary reassessments in this volume, with their awareness of emerging techniques that have the potential to extract fresh insights from source materials both old and new, show how our understanding of what it means to be Jewish is continuing to expand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e François Guesnet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 190676476X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906764760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrançois Guesnet is Professor of Modern Jewish History in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAntony Polonsky is Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University and Chief Historian of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAda Rapoport-Albert, who died in 2020, was Professor of Jewish Studies and head of the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarcin Wodzinski is Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"François Guesnet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978762846463,"sku":"9781906764760","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6eb4ea62-6a0a-4c89-864b-ffce59e4f39a.jpg?v=1683242924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polin-franois-guesnet-9781906764760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}