German Neo-Pietism, the Nation and the Jews: Religious Awakening and National Identities Formation, 1815-1861

ISBN-13: 9780367503949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 214 str.

Doron Avraham

Opis

The book focuses on the national conceptualization of Jews by German neo-Pietist conservatives between 1815 to 1861. It shows that their posture towards Jews was based on a religious-national synthesis that aimed to solve the Jewish Question through Jewish national political independence.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: German Pietism and the Nation  1. Early German Pietism: A Community of Kinship  2. Neo-Pietist Theology and German Ecumenism  3. Political Conservatism and a German Christian State  Part 2: The Nationalization of Judaism  4. Pietism, Jews’ Conversion, and Toleration  5. Neo-Pietist Theology and the Jewish Nation  6. Pietist Conservatism and the Nationalization of Judaism.  Conclusions

O autorze

Doron Avraham is a senior lecturer at the General History Department at Bar-Ilan University.