1st Edition
German Neo-Pietism, the Nation and the Jews Religious Awakening and National Identities Formation, 1815–1861
By Doron Avraham
Copyright 2020
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the national conceptualization of Judaism and Jews by German neo-Pietists from the early Restoration (1815) until the New Era (neue Ära, 1858-1861), at which point Prussia and other German states embarked on a liberal course. The book demonstrates how a certain understanding of nationalism by Awakened Christians, who were associated with political conservatism, was applied to... Read more
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
Biography
Doron Avraham is a senior lecturer at the General History Department at Bar-Ilan University.
