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Zen Judaism

The Case Against a Contemporary American Phenomenon

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Authors:
  1. Christopher L. Schilling

    1. Tokyo, Japan

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  • Takes a critical look at the current use of mindfulness and psychedelics, focusing on their application to Judaism and Jewish life today
  • Describes the place of mindfulness in contemporary American Jewish culture
  • Presents an account of Judaism that problematizes its compatibility with contemporary self-transformation practices

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Table of contents (2 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Case Against Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    • Christopher L. Schilling
    Pages 1-66

  3. The Case Against Psychedelic Judaism

    • Christopher L. Schilling
    Pages 67-111

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 113-124
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About this book

Contemporary Judaism is transforming, especially in America, from a community experience to more of a do-it-yourself religion focused on the individual self. In this book Christopher L. Schilling offers a critique of this transformation. Schilling discusses problematic aspects of Jewish mindfulness meditation, and the relationship between Judaism and psychedelics, proceeding to explore the science behind these developments and the implications they have for Judaism.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo, Japan

    Christopher L. Schilling

About the author

Christopher L. Schilling is a lawyer and political scientist. He holds a PhD and LLB from the University of Hamburg and a MA from Goldsmiths, University of London. His work has appeared in Modern Judaism, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Jewish Political Studies Review, and Israel Affairs, among others. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Zen Judaism

  • Book Subtitle: The Case Against a Contemporary American Phenomenon

  • Authors: Christopher L. Schilling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71506-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71505-2Published: 05 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71506-9Published: 04 May 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 124

  • Topics: Jewish Cultural Studies, Religion and Psychology

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