Israeli judaism: the sociology of religion in Israel

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Chapter 1: Editorial Introduction The Study of Religion in Israeli Social Science -- 2 Chapter 2: Sociological Analyses of Religion -- 3 Chapter 3: Dimensions of Jewish Religiosity -- Part II: Political Dimensions of Israeli Judaism -- 4 Chapter 4: Jewish Civilization: Approaches to Problems of Israeli Society -- 5 Chapter 5: State Ceremonies of Israel: Remembrance Day and Independence Day -- 6 Chapter 6: Religious Adherence and Political Attitudes -- 7 Chapter 7: Religion in the Israeli Discourse on the Arab-Jewish Conflict -- 8 Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism -- 9 Ultraorthodox Jewish Women -- Part IV: Nationalist Orthodoxy -- 10 Religious Kibbutzim: Judaism and Modernization -- 11 A Mystic-Messianic Interpretation of Modem Israeli History: The Six-Day War in the Religious Culture of Gush Emunim -- Part V: The Sephardic Pattern -- 12 The Religiosity of Middle Eastern Jews -- 13 Secularization and the Diminishing Decline of Religion -- 14 Saints' Sanctuaries in Development Towns -- 15 The Religion of Elderly Oriental Jewish Women -- Part VI: Secularism and Reform -- 16 Hanukkah and the Myth of the Maccabees in Ideology and in Society -- 17 Death Customs in a Non-Religious Kibbutz -- 18 Americans in the Israeli Reform and Conservative Denominations -- 19 Religion and Democracy in Israel -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Authors

15 The Religion of Elderly Oriental Jewish WomenPart VI: Secularism and Reform; 16 Hanukkah and the Myth of the Maccabees in Ideology and in Society; 17 Death Customs in a Non-Religious Kibbutz; 18 Americans in the Israeli Reform and Conservative Denominations; 19 Religion and Democracy in Israel; Selected Bibliography; About the Authors.