Modern Judaism :  an Oxford guide / 
edited by Nicholas de Lange [and] Miri Freud-Kandel. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 459 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Demographic issues / Uzi Rebhun -- Enlightenment and emancipation / Lois C. Dubin -- Persecution / Robert Jan van Pelt -- A national home / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- Post-Zionism / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- Modernist movements / Miri Freud-Kandel -- Traditionalist strands / Eliezer Don-Yehiya -- Humanistic and secular Judaisms / Yaakov Malkin -- Jewish renewal / George R. Wilkes -- American Jewry / Chaim I. Waxman -- Israeli Jewry / Eran Kaplan -- French Jewry / Paula E. Hyman -- British Jewry / Miri Freud-Kandel -- Jewry in the former Soviet Union / John Klier -- Social issues: survey / Harvey E. Goldberg -- Jewish identities / Ezra Kopelowitz -- Fundamentalism / Nurit Stadler -- Prayer and worship / Ruth Langer -- he authority of texts / Nicholas de Lange -- The future of Jewish practice / Jeremy Wanderer -- Theological issues: survey / Norbert M. Samuelson -- Revelation / David Novak -- Covenant / Peter Ochs -- Philosophical issues: survey / Kenneth Seeskin -- The problems of evil / Daniel Rynhold -- Jewish ethics in a modern world / Michael Zank -- Halakhic issues: survey / Jonathan Cohen -- Halakhah and Israel / Daniel Sinclair -- Contemporary issues in halakhah / Steven H. Resnicoff -- Gender issues: survey / Susannah Heschel -- The changing role of the woman / Judith R. Baskin -- Sexuality / Mark Solomon -- As others see Jews / Elliot Horowitz -- Jewish-Christian relations / Margie Tolstoy -- Jewish-Muslim relations / Reuven Firestone. 
<br/><br/> "A multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to Jewish life and thought. This book covers the major areas of thought in Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical, and gender issues, geographical diversity, inter-faith relations, and the impact of the Shoah (the Holocaust) and the modern state of Israel"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781429460194 1429460199 0191532320 9780191532320 9780199262878 019926287X 128134625X 9781281346254 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judaism.<br/>Jews.<br/>Judaism.<br/>Jews.<br/>Judaïsme.<br/>Juifs.<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--History.<br/>Jews.<br/>Judaism.<br/>Jodendom.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM42  / .M63 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296/.09/03