Secularize, psychologize, neoliberalize: The entangled Jewish self of North American Jews

This article unpacks the construction of the Jewish spiritual self in three current projects of Jewish spirituality in North America—Jewish mindfulness, the neo-Musar movement, and the nascent Positive Judaism—and explores their relations with the neoliberal economic regime and ideology. Based on th...

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Main Author: Werczberger, Rachel (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Ethos
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-320
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