Mandatory Separation : Religion, Education, and Mass Politics in Palestine / Suzanne Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Suzanne, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious education--Palestine--History--20th century.

Religious education.

Jewish religious education--Palestine--History--20th century.

Jewish religious education.

Islamic religious education--Palestine--History--20th century.

Islamic religious education.

Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Is religion a source of political stability and social continuity, or an agent of radical change? This question, so central to contemporary conversations about religion and extremism, has generated varied responses over the last century. Taking Jewish and Islamic education as its objects of inquiry, Mandatory Separation sheds light on the contours of this debate in Palestine during the formative period of British rule, detailing how colonial, Zionist, and Palestinian-Muslim leaders developed competing views of the form and function of religious education in an age of mass politics. Drawing from archival records, school syllabi, textbooks, newspapers, and personal narratives, Suzanne Schneider argues that the British Mandatory government supported religious education as a supposed antidote to nationalist passions at the precise moment when the administrative, pedagogic, and curricular transformation of religious schooling rendered it a vital tool for Zionist and Palestinian leaders. This study of their policies and practices illuminates the tensions, similarities, and differences among these diverse educational and political philosophies, revealing the lasting significance of these debates for thinking about religion and political identity in the modern Middle East.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Introduction: The Politics of Denial

1. Religious Education in the Modern Age

2. Educational Modernity in Palestine

3. Education and Community under Sectarian Rule

4. New Schooling for an “Old” Order

5. The Boundaries of Religious Knowledge

6. Border Clashes

Conclusion: The Invisible Cross

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781503604520

1503604527

OCLC:

1178769998