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| ISBN | 979-8-89966-710-7 |
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| Author | Edith Bruder |
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| Number of pages | 39 |
From Diaspora to Religious Pluralism
This book examines how African American Judaism emerged as a distinctive expression of religious pluralism in the United States, exploring the intersection of diaspora, identity construction, and religious innovation among Black communities that identified with Judaism over the past 150 years. The book opens by situating the United States as a historical “laboratory” for religious […]
ISBN: 979-8-89966-710-7
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This book examines how African American Judaism emerged as a distinctive expression of religious pluralism in the United States, exploring the intersection of diaspora, identity construction, and religious innovation among Black communities that identified with Judaism over the past 150 years.
The book opens by situating the United States as a historical “laboratory” for religious experimentation, where diverse diasporic communities—Catholics, Jews, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians—negotiated their identities within a pluralistic society. Drawing on scholars like Alan Brill, John Hicks, and Martin Marty, the author frames pluralism not merely as tolerance of difference but as an active social achievement, shaped by economic conditions, democratic ideals, and a “free-market” approach to religious identity. The growing Jewish presence in America, driven by 19th-century German migration and 20th-century Eastern European migration, introduced new religious traditions that significantly influenced African American religious experimentation.
