Messianic Judaism af Carol Harris-Shapiro (Bog)

Messianic Judaism af Carol Harris-Shapiro (Bog)
This book examines how Messianic Judaism is organized and how it sustains itself and its adherents. the author traces its history from the efforts of Evangelical Christians to convert Jews, to the Jesus movement of the sixties, to the

Establishment of independent Messianic Jewish communities. she recounts their upbringing, everyday life of the community and the struggle for legitimacy in the eyes of Christians and Jews alike
When first published, MESSIANIC JUDAISM stirred controversy throughout the country. The first book to critically examine the role of Messianic Jews in American religious life, it traces the history of this faith that that accepts Jesus as the savior from its late nineteenth-century origin in evangelical Christian missions. Reconstructionist Rabbi Carol Harris-Shapiro bases this portrait on her conversations with members of a large Messianic Jewish community. MESSIANIC JUDAISM adds significant new insights into the nature and varieties of religious experience in United States

Titel: Messianic Judaism
Forfatter: Carol Harris-Shapiro

Forlag: Beacon Press
Sammendrag: Der findes jøder, som tror, at Messias allerede er vendt tilbage. Selvom disse ofte betragtes som marginaliserede eller frafaldne af mange, engagerer Carol Harris-Shapiro sig i en konkret menighed for at undersøge, hvad deres tilstedeværelse siger om amerikansk-jødisk identitet, religiøs tilknytning og fremkomsten af hybride trosformer i et sekulariseret samfund.
Type: Paperback
En religionssociologisk og teologisk undersøgelse af den messianske jødedom i USA. Carol Harris-Shapiro, der selv er rabbi, undersøger et miljø af jøder, som tror, at Messias allerede er kommet, og som ofte befinder sig i spændingsfeltet mellem traditionel jødedom og evangelikal kristendom. Bogen kombinerer historisk analyse, feltarbejde og interviews for at belyse bevægelsens udvikling, identitet og teologi.