Inevitably Comparative, but Not Inevitably Positive: the Study of Jews and Judaism within the Field of Religious Studies

This essay considers the study of Judaism within the framework of Lincoln and Freiberger’s calls for comparative studies. As a minority religion, Judaism usually requires comparative thinking, as scholars consider Judaism within the context of a majority religion. Study of post-WWII American Judaism...

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Main Author: Gordan, Rachel (Author)
Contributors: Lincoln, Bruce 1948- (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Freiberger, Oliver 1967- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 475-481
Review of:Apples and oranges (Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018) (Gordan, Rachel)
Considering comparison (New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019) (Gordan, Rachel)
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
BH Judaism
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B minority religions
B Book review
B post-WWII American religion
B Judeo-Christianity
B Comparison
B Religious Studies
B Arthur A. Cohen
B mid-twentieth century Judaism
B American Judaism
B Oliver Freiberger
B Bruce Lincoln
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