Israeli Judaism
Subtitle: the Sociology of Religion in Israel
By: Shlomo Deshen
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781351293921
Subjects: Judaism; Social conditions; Judaïsme; Aspect social; Social aspects
Description: "This is an unusual and extremely timely collective effort. It appears at a moment inwhich Israelis not only must confront their Arab neighbors, but must deal with one another as Jews possessing radically different views on the present and future of the Jewish tradition. With this seventh volume of the series, the Israeli Sociological Society has turned its attention to religion, an area that for many years has been of high importance, but low profile in Israeli affairs and in the wider Middle Eastern context. Chapters and contributors include: "Jewish Civilization: Approaches to Problems of Israeli Society" by Shmuel N. Eisenstadt; "Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism" by Menachem Friedman; "Religious Kibbutzim: Judaism and Modernization" by Aryei Fishman; "The Religion of Elderly Oriental Jewish Women" by Susan Sered; and "Hanukkah and the Myth of the Maccabees in Ideology and in Society" by Eliezer Don-Yehiya. The increasing presence of religious activism in contemporary Israel, side by side with subtle changes in the religion of Israeli Sephardim, makes the topic of religion essential for an understanding of Israel--and much of the Middle East generally. Israeli Judaism is a significant work, and will be of interest to theologians, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and political theorists."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part, PART II: Political Dimensions Israeli Judaism; title: chapter 1 Editorial Introduction: The Study of Religion in Israeli Social Science; title: chapter 2 Sociological Analyses of Religion; title: chapter 3 Dimensions of Jewish Religiosity; title: chapter 4 Jewish Civilization: Approaches to Problems of Israeli Society; title: chapter 5 State Ceremonies of Israel: Remembrance Day and Independence Day; title: chapter 6 Religious Adherence and Political Attitudes; title: chapter 7 Religion in the Israeli Discourse on the Arab-Jewish Conflict; title: part, PART III: Ultra-Orthodoxy; title: chapter 8 Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism; title: chapter 9 Ultraorthodox Jewish Women; title: part, PART lV: Nationalist Orthodoxy; title: chapter 10 Religious Kibbutzim: Judaism and Modernization; title: chapter 11 A Mystic-Messianic Interpretation of Modem Israeli History: The Six-Day War in die Religious Culture of Gush Emunim; title: part, PART V: The Sephardic Pattern; title: chapter 12 The Religiosity of Middle Eastern Jews; title: chapter 13 Secularization and the Diminishing Decline of Religion; title: chapter 14 Saints' Sanctuaries in Development Towns; title: chapter 15 The Religion of Elderly Oriental Jewish Women; title: part, PART VI: Secularism and Reform; title: chapter 16 Hanukkah and the Myth of the Maccabees in Ideology and in Society; title: chapter 17 Death Customs in a Non-Religious Kibbutz; title: chapter 18 Americans in the Israeli Reform and Conservative Denominations; title: chapter 19 Religion and Democracy in Israel.