de maniere particuliere celui qui est actuellement en cours: ses

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s’int6ressent a en suivre le developpement. La premiere partie, plus g6n6rale,
fournit une information de qualite sur les synodes diocesains : leur origine et leur
6volution, leur fondement et leur pertinence, leur figure et leur definition, leurs
resultats et leur port6e. La deuxième partie, plus specifique, nous pr6sente les syde Montreal, s’attachant a nous presenter
nodes dioc6sains dans la vie de
de maniere particuliere celui qui est actuellement en cours: ses caract6ristiques, ses
6tapes et les b6n6fices qu’on peut d6jA en tirer au terme des deux premieres 6tapes.
La troisieme partie presente de maniere encore plus d6taill6e les deux premi~res
etapes : la consultation et le travail en 6quipes synodales. En plus de developper les
perspectives g6n6rales de chacune des 6tapes et d’en donner une description
soign6e, 1’auteur introduit abondamment des prises de paroles qui ont surgi au
moment de chacune de ces deux,6tapes. L’ouvrage se conclut par un bref mais sugde Montreal en synode.
gestif d6veloppement sur le pr6sent contexte de
1’Eglise
1’Eglise
Gilles Routhier
Faculté de
théologie, Université Laval
Gesher Vakesher, Bridges and Bonds: The Life of Leon Kronish
Henry A. Green
South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism, 130
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995. xvi + 287 p.
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In this book the author, a Canadian-born professor of sociology and religion (University of Miami), chronicles the life and times of Rabbi Leon Kronish. Rabbi Kronish, a prominent Reform rabbi, was for 40 years (1944-84) the spiritual leader of
Temple Beth Sholom (Miami Beach, Florida). Kronish’s tenure parallels the rise
of the Miami and South Florida area as a mecca for North American Jews.
Kronish’s story and that of his community are told in fascinating detail. Finally,
Rabbi Kronish, through educational and liturgical innovations, on the one hand,
and through his leadership position in Israel Bonds, on the other hand, was a central figure in what Green calls the &dquo;Israelization&dquo; of Reform Judaism in the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967. This book will be of interest to scholars
interested in contemporary North American Judaism and the relationship of
North American Jews to the state of Israel.
Ira Robinson
Religion, Concordia
University
Weaving Ourselves into the Land: Charles Godfrey Leland, "Indians," and the
Study of Native American Religions
Thomas C. Parkhill
SUNY Series in Native American Religions
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. xi
+
238 p.
This book is about the making of an &dquo;Indian&dquo; story. It is also about the ways Native
American stories figure in popular (both Native and non-Native) imagination and