Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents iii
3. Preface v
4. Method, Theory and the Larger Context
5. Introduction—Liturgical Drama and Social Location: The Performance of Sabbath Morning Services in Several Canadian Synagogues 3
6. Ritual as Communicative Action 23
7. The Religion of Jewish Peoplehood: The Myth, Ritual and Institutions of the Civil Religion of Canadian Jewry 53
8. Congregational Liturgical Ritual
9. Ritual, Reality and Contemporary Society: The Case of a Reconstructionist Synagogue 65
10. The Use of Non-vernacular Language in the Sabbath Morning Service of a Reconstructionist Synagogue 81
11. Ritual Performance in a Reform Sabbath Service 89
12. The Synagogue as a Symbol of Ethnic Identity: The Case of a Sephardi Congregation 109
13. Back to the Yeshiva: The Social Dynamics of an Orthodox Sabbath Morning Service 123
14. Sabbath Morning Services in a Traditional Conservative Synagogue 135
15. Between Congregation and Family
16. Contemporary Bar Mitzvah Rituals in Modern Orthodoxy 155
17. Jewish Mourning Rites: A Process of Resocialization 169
18. Family Rituals and Religion: A Functional Analysis of Jewish and Christian Family Ritual Practices 185
19. Glossary: Selected Terms 197
20. References 203
21. Index 216