Kabbalah and modernity : interpretations, transformations, adaptations /

The persistence of kabbalistic groups in the twentieth century has largely been ignored or underestimated by scholars of religion. Only recently have scholars began to turn their attention to the many-facetted roles that kabbalistic doctrines and schools have played in nineteenth- and twentieth-cent...

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Other Authors: Huss, Boaz., Pasi, Marco., Stuckrad, Kocku von, 1966-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Aries Book Series 10.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004223103.

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Call Number: BM526 .K315 2010

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • B. Huss , M. Pasi and K. Stuckrad
  • Introduction. Kabbalah And Modernity /
  • Boaz Huss , Marco Pasi and Kocku Von Stuckrad
  • Philology As Kabbalah /
  • Andreas B. Kilcher
  • Beyond The Burden Of Idealism: For A New Appreciation Of The Visual Lore In The Kabbalah /
  • Giulio Busi
  • The Future Of The Kabbalah: On The Dislocation Of Past Primacy, The Problem Of Evil, And The Future Of Illusions /
  • Eric Jacobson
  • Kabbalah And Secret Societies In Russia (Eighteenth To Twentieth Centuries) /
  • Konstantin Burmistrov
  • The Beginnings Of Occultist Kabbalah: Adolphe Franck And Eliphas Lévi /
  • Wouter J. Hanegraaff
  • Paul Vulliaud (1875-1950) And Jewish Kabbalah /
  • Jean-Pierre Brach
  • Oriental Kabbalah And The Parting Of East And West In The Early Theosophical Society /
  • Marco Pasi
  • \'The Sufi Society From America\': Theosophy And Kabbalah In Poona In The Late Nineteenth Century /
  • Boaz Huss
  • The Imagined Decline Of Kabbalah: The Kabbalistic Yeshiva Sha'Ar Ha-Shamayim And Kabbalah In Jerusalem In The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century /
  • Jonathan Meir
  • The Status Of The (Non)Jewish Other In The Apocalyptic Messianism Of Menahem Mendel Schneerson /
  • Elliot R. Wolfson
  • Marriage And Sexual Behavior In The Teachings Of The Kabbalah Centre /
  • Jody Myers
  • Madonna And The Shekhinah: The Playful Transgression Of Gender Roles In Popular Culture /
  • Kocku Von Stuckrad
  • Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff And The Neurological Landscape Of The Sefirot /
  • Sara Moldrup Thejls
  • 'The Great Goal Of The Political Will Is Leviathan': Ernst Junger And The Cabala Of Enmity /
  • Steven M. Wasserstrom
  • Pragmatism And Piety: The American Spiritual And Philosophical Roots Of Jewish Renewal /
  • Shaul Magid
  • Contemporary Jewish Mysticism And Palestinian Suicide Bombing /
  • Gideon Aran
  • Notes On Contributors /
  • B. Huss , M. Pasi and K. Stuckrad
  • Index Of Persons /
  • B. Huss , M. Pasi and K. Stuckrad
  • Index Of Subjects /
  • B. Huss , M. Pasi and K. Stuckrad.