Jews and the American Religious Landscape

Uzi Rebhun

Published by Columbia University Press 2016

Jews and the American Religious Landscape

Uzi Rebhun

https://doi.org/10.7312/rebh17826

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Jews and the American Religious Landscape explores major complementary facets of American Judaism and Jewish life through a comprehensive analysis of contemporary demographic and sociological data. The volume adds empirical value to questions concerning the strengths of Jews as a religious and cultural group in America.

Author / Editor information

Uzi Rebhun is an associate professor of the demography of the Jewish people and holds the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations at the A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute. His most recent works include American Israelis: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diasporic Identity (with L. Lev Ari, 2010), The Wandering Jew in America (2011), and edited volumes The Social Scientific Study of Jewry: Sources, Approaches, Debates (2014) and Research in Jewish Demography and Identity (with E. Lederhendler, 2015).

Reviews

Highly recommended.

Deborah Dash Moore, author of Urban Origins of American Jews:
Uzi Rebhun's elegant comparative study of Jews and the American Religious Landscape deftly situates American Jews in multiple, overlapping contexts that yield fascinating results. Whether he is examining demography, religiosity, politics, or education, Rebhun's multivariate analysis disrupts accepted wisdom and points to the enormous value of comparison when trying to understand American Jews.

Thomas A. Hirschl, Cornell University, coauthor or Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes:
Jews and the American Religious Landscape is an ambitious study of American Judaism in relation to the other religious traditions currently developing within the United States. It identifies American Judaism in terms of social class composition, demographic dynamics, educational attainment, religious versus ethnic adherence, native-born versus immigrant composition, religious practices, and voter choice in U.S. presidential elections. Rebhun's effort is masterful, and readers will both enjoy the work and be enlightened by its unique ability to combine structural analysis with cultural analysis. This book will be regarded as a landmark study of religion and politics in the United States.

Chaim I. Waxman, Rutgers University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, author of American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement:
Rebhun has produced a pioneering study that provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the sociopolitical and religious patterns of America's Jews and is a major contribution to our understanding of the place of Jews in America's religious landscape.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Religion in America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Population Size and Dynamics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. Spatial and Socioeconomic Stratification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Interfaith Marriage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4. Religious Identification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
5. Political Orientation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Epilogue: Jews and the American Religious Landscape Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Appendix A1. Religious Identificational Variables Used in Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Appendix A2. Loading of Questions on Religious Identification Factors: Principle Component Varimax Rotation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 11 b&w figures

eBook

Published: September 6, 2016
ISBN: 9780231541497