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Samira Mehta, “Beyond Chrismukkah: The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States” (UNC Press, 2018)
Samira Mehta, “Beyond Chrismukkah: The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States” (UNC Press, 2018)
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58 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2018
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Podcast episode
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With rates of interfaith marriage steadily increasing since the middle of the twentieth century, interfaith families have become a permanent and significant feature of the religious landscape in the United States. In her recent book, Beyond Chrismukkah: The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Samira Mehta analyzes the depiction of interfaith families across a wide array of popular media and examines how interfaith families negotiate and blend their religious traditions within a single family unit. Mehta also examines how cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity interact and impact the religious praxis of interfaith families.
Lindsey Jackson is a PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lindsey Jackson is a PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 29, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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