02748cam a2200481Mu 4500 ocn881165357 OCoLC 20200709060120.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140607s2010 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9781566996235 (electronic bk.) 1566996236 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)881165357 759616 (N$T) BM653 REL 040000 bisacsh 296.650973 23 N$TA Aron, Isa. Sacred Strategies [electronic resource] : Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010. 1 online resource (391 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Acknowledgments; Chapter 2. A Portrait of "Visionary": The Characteristics We Saw; Chapter 4. Visionary Learning: Schooling for Everyone; Chapter 6. Transformation in Practice: Moving toward Change; Appendix B: Interview Protocol; 1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 4 Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new way--congregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary. Over a period of two years, researchers Aron, Cohen, Hoffman, and Kelman interviewed 175 synagogue leaders and a selection of congregants (ranging from intensely committed to largely inactive). They found these congregations shared six traits: sacred purpose, holistic ethos, participatory culture, meaningful engagement, innovation disposition, and reflective leadership and governance. They write for synagogue leaders. Synagogues United States History 21st century. Jewish leadership United States History 21st century. Judaism United States History 21st century. RELIGION / Judaism / General bisacsh Electronic books. Cohen, Steven M. Hoffman, Lawrence A. Kelman, Ari Y. Print version: Aron, Isa Sacred Strategies : Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2010 9781566994019 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1674105 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=759616 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1674105 EBSCOhost EBSC 759616 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54748 54748