The Sociology of Religion and the Study of American Jews


 

Publication Date: January 1981

Publisher: Rabbinical Assembly of America

Author(s): Charles S. Liebman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Academic research

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This essay argues two points. First, that the religious behavior of American Jews is critical to understanding American Jews. Secondly, that the sociology of religion has a great deal to say even to those who mistakenly believe that the religious behavior of American Jews is of trivial concern.