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OverviewA revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with BuddhismToday, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots. This book tells the story of Judaism's encounter with Buddhism in the United States, showing how it has given rise to new contemplative forms within American Judaism-and shaped the way Americans understand and practice Buddhism.Taking readers from the nineteenth century to today, Emily Sigalow traces the history of these two traditions in America and explains how they came together. She argues that the distinctive social position of American Jews led them to their unique engagement with Buddhism, and describes how people incorporate aspects of both into their everyday lives. Drawing on a wealth of original in-depth interviews conducted across the nation, Sigalow explores how Jewish American Buddhists experience their dual religious identities. She reveals how Jewish Buddhists confound prevailing expectations of minority religions in America. Rather than simply adapting to the majority religion, Jews and Buddhists have borrowed and integrated elements from each other, and in doing so they have left an enduring mark on the American consciousness.American JewBu highlights the leading role that American Jews have played in the popularization of meditation and mindfulness in the United States, and the profound impact that these two venerable traditions have had on one another. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily SigalowPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691174594ISBN 10: 0691174598 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 12 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsIn this compelling and insightful book, Sigalow offers a window into the varied ways that Jews in the United States have been engaged in religious, spiritual, and secularized paths toward creating a Jewish Buddhist sense of self. -Janet Jacobs, author of The Holocaust across Generations: Trauma and Its Inheritance among Descendants of Survivors This excellent book is essential reading on the development of American Buddhism and a fascinating exploration of why Buddhism is so popular among American Jews. -Erik Braun, author of The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw In this compelling and insightful book, Sigalow offers a window into the varied ways that Jews in the United States have been engaged in religious, spiritual, and secularized paths toward creating a Jewish Buddhist sense of self. -Janet Jacobs, author of The Holocaust across Generations: Trauma and Its Inheritance among Descendants of Survivors This excellent book is essential reading on the development of American Buddhism and a fascinating exploration of why Buddhism is so popular among American Jews. -Erik Braun, author of The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw American JewBu deals with a phenomenon widely known but never before systematically studied. Drawing on history and sociology, it traces the Jewish-Buddhist encounter from its nineteenth-century origins to the present, shedding immense new light on why Jews turned to Buddhism, how the encounter reconfigured both faiths, and what JewBu syncretism teaches us about American religion as a whole. A model study by a scholar of immense promise. -Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History Author InformationEmily Sigalow is a sociologist of contemporary Jewish life and executive director of the Impact and Performance Assessment Department at the UJA-Federation of New York, a leading Jewish philanthropic organization. Website emilysigalow.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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