Taking Leave

Deborah Kapchan

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English

Duke University Press
30 September 2025

Performance art; Memoirs; Religion & beliefs

Series: Practices

Deborah Kapchan’s Taking Leave is a lyrical memoir that encompasses journeys both inner and outer, physical and spiritual. Taking readers from New York, Paris, and Casablanca to Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi while exploring her Christian childhood, Jewish lineage, and the release she found in Islam, Kapchan examines the extent to which we can take leave of who we are to live between categories. She meditates on absence, presence, and the sublime to weave an existential tale that honors the three traditions that made her, ultimately desiring to take leave of them all. Taking Leave is an urgent plea for anti-tribalism and a timely treatise for compassionate coexistence in the spaces in-between.

By: Deborah Kapchan
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 127mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 572g
ISBN: 9781478029366
ISBN 10: 1478029366
Series: Practices
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Deborah Kapchan is Professor of Performance Studies at New York University.

Reviews for Taking Leave

""In this moving memoir Deborah Kapchan artfully unveils the connections among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Stretching beyond Kapchan's journey of personal and intellectual self-discovery, this wonderful literary achievement brings us much-needed measures of inspired hope to our troubled times.""--Paul Stoller, author of Wisdom from the Edge: Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times ""This book is a joy to read, speaking deeply and powerfully to a shared and fundamental human experience by means of Deborah Kapchan's unique vision and voice. I adore this touching and remarkable book.""--Martin Shuster, author of How to Measure a World? A Philosophy of Judaism