Converts of Conviction : Faith and Scepticism in Nineteenth Century European Jewish Society

Ruderman , David B.

Converts of Conviction : Faith and Scepticism in Nineteenth Century European Jewish Society - Berlin, Germany De Gruyter 2017 - 1 electronic resource (115 p.)

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The series Studies and Texts in Scepticism contains monographs, translations, and collected essays exploring scepticism in its dual manifestation as a purely philosophical tradition and as a set of sceptical strategies, concepts, and attitudes in the cultural field - especially in religions, perhaps most notably in Judaism. In such cultural contexts scepticism manifests as a critical attitude towards different dimensions and systems of secular or revealed knowledge and towards religious and political authorities. It is not merely an intellectual or theoretical worldview, but a critical form of life that expresses itself in such diverse phenomena as religion, literature, and society.


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9783110530797 9783110487145

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