In the upheavals of the early modern period, a transformation of the Jewish lebenswelt (world of lived experience) began in the course of which Jewish piety developed into a new, modern form of religiosity. It witnessed both Eastern European movements of renewal like Ḥasidism, as well as the emerging Western middle class religiosity, undergo processes of emotionalization and individualization. In addition, the modernizati…
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Baader, Benjamin M., “Piety”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 30 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0243>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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