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Secularism and religion in Jewish-Israeli politics

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Common discourse on Jewish identity in Israel is dominated by the view that Jewish Israelis can, and should, be either religious or secular. Moving away from this conventional framework, this book examines the role of secularism and religion in Jewish society and politics. With a focus on the 'traditionists' (masortim) who comprise over a third of the Jewish-Israeli population, the author 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 expl

Title Secularism and religion in Jewish-Israeli politics : traditionists and modernity / Yaacov Yadgar.
Publisher Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 2011
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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
Series Israeli history, politics and society
52
Extent 1 online resource (300 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010714506705171
MARC RECORDS
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