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Luis Roniger

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Wake Forest University
Luis is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Wake Forest University. His research interests are: comparative political sociology; the interface between the study of politics, public spheres and culture; democratization and human rights; and political exiles and transnationalism.
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Raanan Rein

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Tel Aviv University
Raanan is a professor in the Department of History at Tel Aviv University. His research interests are: 20th century Argentine and Spanish history; populism; Latin American ethnic studies, with an emphasis on Jewish and Arab experiences.
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David Lehmann

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University of Cambridge
David is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are: religion in Latin America and Israel; and multiculturalism in Latin America.
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Deborah J. Yashar

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Princeton University
Deborah is a professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. Her research interests are: democracy and citizenship; violence; state formation; ethnic politics; social movements and collective action.
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Judit Bokser Liwerant

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National Autonomous University of Mexico
Judit is a professor of the Graduate School in Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her research interests are: collective identities and public spheres; Latin American Jewish communities; globalization processes and multiculturalism.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

The Sociology of Contemporary Jewish Mysticism in Comparative Perspective

[RG #115] The Sociology of Contemporary Jewish Mysticism in Comparative Perspective

September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009

Organizers:

Jonathan Garb (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Philip Wexler (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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The research group seeks to address the vibrancy of contemporary Jewish mysticism, both as a social movement and as an emerging research field, as well as the absence of comparative and social scientific study of this exciting temporary development. Our goals are to draw on the significant strength of the academic expertise of the group members in the sociology and social psychology of religion, the study of classical and contemporary Kabbalah and the comparison between mystical systems. We believe that this will serve to support and enrich the work of Israeli researchers who are exploring numerous case studies, yet without a strong theoretical and comparative foundation.

Some of the central themes we will explore include: topics in Jewish mysticism, with an emphasis on contemporary and "modern" Jewish mysticism; studies in comparative mysticism, where we will explore both historical and contemporary questions, especially in Buddhism and Christianity, but also with regard to Islam; more general issues that touch on the theory and method of the study of mysticism. Within this last category, we will explore sociological, anthropological, social psychological and psychological questions that traverse the specific traditions and modern expressions of the varieties of contemporary mysticism.

 

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Noah Hysler-Rubin

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Noah is affiliated with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests are: the history and theory of urban planning, colonial geographies, and town planning in Israel.