Theologies of self and Other in American Jewish Liturgies


 

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Rabbinical Council of America

Author(s): Ruth Langer

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This paper will first identify and present a statement about the religious "other" embedded in the traditional prayer book; second it will study the presentation of the religious other in the most important contemporary American Jewish liturgies.