{"product_id":"degrees-of-separation-2","title":"Degrees of Separation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThose who exit a religion—particularly one they were born and raised in—often find themselves at sea in their efforts to transition to life beyond their community. In \u003ci\u003eDegrees of Separation,\u003c\/i\u003e Schneur Zalman Newfield, who went through this process himself, interviews seventy-four Lubavitch and Satmar ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews who left their communities.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHe presents their motivations for leaving as well as how they make sense of their experiences and their processes of exiting, detailing their attitudes and opinions regarding their religious upbringing. Newfield also examines how these exiters forge new ways of being that their upbringing had not prepared them for, while also considering what these particular individuals lose and retain in the exit process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDegrees of Separation \u003c\/i\u003epresents a comprehensive portrait of the prolonged state of being “in-between” that characterizes transition out of a totalizing worldview. What Newfield discovers is that exiters experience both a sense of independence and a persistent connection; they are not completely dislocated from their roots once they “arrive” at their new destination. Moreover, \u003ci\u003eDegrees of Separation \u003c\/i\u003eshows that this process of transitioning identity has implications beyond religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54226470043992,"sku":"9781439918968","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781439918968__677414d95eb7a_b493702f-02d2-4c65-be46-3550eb5d3b1e.jpg?v=1741156403","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/degrees-of-separation-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}