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Publication Date: January 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author(s): Chaim I. Waxman
Research Area: Culture and religion
Keywords: American Jews; Religious denominations
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This essay examines American Jewish patterns of religious behavior as well as belief in a sociohistorical context. In an effort to unravel the meaning behind these actions or convictions, the author examines and interprets the various patterns, their changes over time, and their relationship with the broader patterns of religious behavior and belief within American society.