A Sociological Analysis of Contemporary Orthodoxy

Publication Date: January 1964

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Charles S. Liebman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Religious denominations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Convinced that increasing attention will be paid in years to come to the sociology of the American Orthodox Jewish community, this paper presents some preliminary thinking on the sociological nature of American Orthodoxy and of the major empirical questions on which more information is needed.