Jewish Orthodoxy and its discontents [[electronic resource] ] : religious dissidence in contemporary Israel / / Marta F. Topel

• Autore: Topel Marta F
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.38
• Soggetto topico: Judaism - Israel - 21st century; Dissenters, Religious - Israel; Orthodox Judaism - Social aspects - Israel; Orthodox Judaism - Relations - Nontraditional Jews; Spiritual life - Judaism; Jews - Israel - Identity
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Jewish Orthodoxy and Its Discontents; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Disenchantment of the World and the Dismantlement of Rabbinical Judaism; Chapter 2 Religion and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel; Chapter 3 Religious Dissidents, the New Marranos and the Discontented; or, Of a Certain Unrest in the Orthodox Universe; Chapter 4 Separation: In Search of Questions; Chapter 5 In the Margin of the Margins; Chapter 6 Incorporation: A Limited Number of Answers to a Great Many Questions; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Marta T. Topel utilizes anthropological research to analyze both macro and micro social processes among secular and Orthodox Jews in Israel. Topel approaches religious dissidence within the Jewish Israeli Orthodoxy through the lens of the inverse phenomenon: religious conversion to Jewish Orthodoxy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Jewish Orthodoxy and its discontents
• ISBN: 1-283-63927-0; 0-7618-5918-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462524503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II