American Post-Judaism: Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society

by Shaul Magid

Book Overview

How do American Jews identify as both Jewish and American? American Post-Judaism argues that Zionism and the Holocaust, two anchors of contemporary American Jewish identity, will no longer be centers of identity formation for future generations of American Jews. Shaul Magid articulates a new, post-ethnic American Jewishness. He discusses pragmatism and spirituality, monotheism and post-monotheism, Jesus, Jewish law, sainthood and self-realization,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253008026
• ISBN13: 9780253008022
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher