Yeshiva fundamentalism : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / / Nurit Stadler

• Autore: Stadler Nurit
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.8/320954694
• Soggetto topico: Ultra-Orthodox Jews - Israel; Orthodox Judaism - Israel; Jewish fundamentalism - Israel; Jewish men - Religious life; Yeshivas - Israel; Jewish religious education of adults - Israel; Spiritual life - Judaism
• Classificazione: BD 7200
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.
• Sommario/riassunto: 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism , Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evidence that firmly religious and pious young men of this community are seeking to change their institutions to incorporate several key dimensions of the secular world: a redefinition of masculinity along with a transformation of the family, and participation in civic society through the labor mark
• Titolo autorizzato: Yeshiva fundamentalism
• ISBN: 0-8147-0892-7; 0-8147-4114-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820660003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II