Hasidism Beyond Modernity

Introduction



Part I. From the Ba'al Shem Tov to Modern Outreach



1. Hippy in the Mikveh: The Hasidic Ethos and the Schisms of Jewish Society



2. The Ba'al Shem Tov's 'Sacred Epistle' and Contemporary Habad Outreach



Part II.



3. The Hasid and the Other



4. Reason and Beyond Reason



5. Finding the Individual



6. Habad Contemplation in Context



7. Women and the Dialectic of Spirituality in Hasidism



8. From 'Ladies' Auxiliary' To 'Shluchos Network': Women's Activism in Twentieth-Century Habad



9. Habad Messianism: A Combination of Opposites



10. 'From the Source of Ra?amim': Graveside Prayer in Habad Hasidism



11. Habad, the Rebbe, and the Messiah in the Twenty-First Century



Bibliography



Index

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• Judaísmo: misticismo
• História da religião
• Judaismo
• Judaísmo: a vida e prática
• Grupos religiosos: aspectos sociais e culturais

hasidism;Habad;Lubavitch;religion and modernity;Judaism and women;Schneerson;messianism;individualism;contemplation;contemplative prayer;mysticism and society;spirituality;grave-visiting;mysticism and rationalism;outreach