Holy Lands and Sacred Histories in New Religious Movements
The 2017 CESNUR Conference
Monday July 3, 2017
Session 6
New Research on/from Israel
Chair: Boaz HUSS
“The House of the Messiah” Out There: Holy Place and
Practices of Embodiment among Chabad Hasidim
Yoram BILU, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Co-organized by:
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
The Israeli Information Center for New Religious Movements (MEIDA)
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought (Ben Gurion University)
International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR)