Endings and Beginnings
Endings and Beginnings
This chapter looks into double lifers that were part of the loud heretical counterpublic that contributed to the contemporary ultra-Orthodox crisis. It reviews ongoing struggles in order to understand life-changing religious doubt, including its causes and its cures. It also analyzes how some rabbis and activists blamed the Internet, while others, including many religious therapists, blamed an ultra-Orthodoxy that had become too stringent and too rigid. The chapter emphasizes how faithful people and those living double lives came to a shared conclusion that the real threat of the medium of the Internet was its new possibilities for interaction with like-minded others that directly challenged ultra-Orthodox authority. It also summarizes the experience of life-changing doubt and its implications for families, friends, religious authorities, and institutions.
Keywords: double lifers, ultra-Orthodox crisis, religious doubt, Internet, ultra-Orthodox authority, rabbis, activists
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