ארכיון Article in book - Prof. Marianna Ruah-Midbar Shapiro (PhD)

Article: The Roadmap of Israeli Judaism(s) in the New Age

This fundamental and encompassing article (about 12000 words, in Hebrew) surveys and maps the various ways in which New Age and Judaism meet and mix together, in Israel. It presents ten "types" of these meeting places, accompanied by many examples, while presenting a relevant theoretical background, and discussing the characteristics and trends of this emergent multifaceted space, one of them being the exotization of Judaism process in the New Age realm.

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November 16, 2022

Feminism gender and sex / History / Identity / Israel / Judaism and Kabbalah / Myth

Article: ‘Back to Paradise’ in New Age Thought: Images of an Ideal Past in the History of the Jewish People

Many Cultures share the yearning to a far ideal past - the lost paradise. What is special in the past-time perception of New Age Spirituality, especially in its Jewish/Israeli version? How does this spiritual discourse narrates the Jewish and human history?

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November 15, 2022

Identity / Israel / Judaism and Kabbalah / Mind and psychology

Article: Jewish Forms of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy

Article: Jewish Forms of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy This article is included in a book dedicated to studies on spiritually integrated psychotherapy aroun the globe, published by APA (American Psychological Association). This article is unique in addressing the meetingplace between this realm and the Jewish tradition - the subject of our pioneering research project, that combined gathering data in quantitative and qualitatinve tools, and surveyed this emerging field in Israel which has yet to be studied. The article is chapter 14 in a volume that presents studies included in an international research project, funded by a competitive budjet from the Templeton fund.

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November 13, 2022