Secularism and Religion in Jewish-Israeli Politics : Traditionists and Modernity.

Secularism and Religion in Jewish-Israeli Politics : Traditionists and Modernity.

Examines the role of secularism and religion in Jewish society and politics. This book also examines issues of religion, tradition and secularism in Israel, giving a fresh approach to the widening theoretical discussion regarding the thesis of secularisation and modernity and exploring the wider imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yadgar, Yaacov
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Series:Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society.
Subjects:
Orthodox Judaism > Relations > Israel > Nontraditional Jews.
Secularism > Israel.
Jews > Israel > Identity.
Judaism and secularism > Israel.
Religion and state > Israel.
Interfaith relations > Nontraditional Jews
Jews > Identity
Judaism and secularism
Orthodox Judaism
Politics and government
Religion and state
Secularism
Israel > Politics and government.
Israel
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Theoretical framework; 2 Traditionism and choice; 3 "Method", "consistency", and guilt; 4 Traditionism and observance; 5 Cross-pressures and traditionist solitude; 6 Traditionism, ethnicity, and gender; 7 Traditionists' images of "the orthodox" and "the secular"; 8 Rabbis, halachic reform, and the non-orthodox movements; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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