Israeli Judaism by M.J. Kister, Shlomo Deshen - 9781138511163

Taylor & Francis

Israeli JudaismThe Sociology of Religion in Israel\nAuthor(s): M.J. Kister, Shlomo Deshen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138511163, 978-1138511163\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nChapters 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 Kibb.