Contemporary Jewish Mysticism: Social and Comparative Perspectives (Research Group Conference)
Tue, 14/07/2009 to Wed, 15/07/2009
The Sociology of Contemporary Jewish Mysticism in Comparative Perspective
Elliot R. Wolfson
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New York University
Elliot is a professor in the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. His research interests are Kabbalah, religious studies, poetics, Continental and Far Eastern philosophy, and gender theory.
Philip Wexler
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Philip is a professor in the School of Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
William Parsons
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Rice University
William is a professor in the Religious Studies Department at Rice University. His research interests are the social scientific study of religion, and comparative mysticism.
Zvi Mark
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Bar-Ilan University
Zvi is a professor in the Department of Literature of the Jewish People at Bar-Ilan University. His research interests are Hasidism and Hebrew literature.
David Loy
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Xavier University
David is a professor in the Department of Ethics, Religion and Society at Xavier University. His research interests are comparative philosophy and religion, and Buddhist social theory.
Boaz Huss
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Ben-Gurion University
Boaz is a professor in the Department of Jewish Thought at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research interests are history of Kabbalah, reception of the Zohar, contemporary Kabbalah, Kabbalah and westen esotericism, and genealogies of Jewish mysticism.
Jonathan Garb
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jonathan is a professor in the Department of Jewish Thought at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are modern Kabbalah, comparitive mysticism, mussar, and shamanism.
Yoram Bilu
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yoram is a professor in the Department of Sociology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are culture and mental health, and anthropology of religion.