Hallucinations are a vivid illustration of the way culture affects our most fundamental mental
experience and the way that mind is shaped both by cultural invitation and by biological …

Religious communities have ongoing concerns about Internet use, as it intensifies the clash
between tradition and modernity, a clash often found in traditionally inclined societies …

Reports of apparitions of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the last leader of
the Habad Hasidic movement, have been spreading among the radically messianic Hasidim …

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the charismatic leader of the Chabad Hasidic
movement and its designated Messiah. Yet when he died in 1994, the messianic fervor he …

The aim of this chapter is to shed light on the balance between religious community
maintenance and new media production within the Jewish world and beyond. To examine …

Throughout the history of Judaism there have been many claimants to the title of Messiah:
Shim'on bar Kosiba, David Reubini, Isaac Luria, Hayim Vital, Sabbatai Sevi and of course …

Since its inception, the question of community on the Internet has puzzled scholars.
Researchers have inquired whether the Internet can produce a viable and meaningful …

Understood in terms of action and efficacy, the regnant notion of agency in anthropology is
juxtaposed with an ethnographic category of failure. Agency is problematized and refined …

Les fêtes de Hanoucca sont organisées par le mouvement Loubavitch depuis les années
1980 dans les espaces publics des métropoles du monde entier. Elles relèvent d'une action …

This article delves into the significance of messianic prophecies in Judaism and Christianity,
examining their origins, impact on ancient Israel, and relevance in modern times. The study …