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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Topel, Marta F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Israel--21st century.

Judaism.

Dissenters, Religious--Israel.

Dissenters, Religious.

Orthodox Judaism--Social aspects--Israel.

Orthodox Judaism.

Orthodox Judaism--Relations--Nontraditional Jews.

Spiritual life--Judaism.

Spiritual life.

Jews--Israel--Identity.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.

ISBN:

0-7618-9140-4

1-283-63927-0

0-7618-5918-7

OCLC:

813396774