Overcoming the Religion and Politics Discourse: A New Interpretation of the Israeli Case
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Yadgar, Yaacov
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2014
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16
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Arguing against the prevalence of the religion and politics discourse, this essay aims to outline a critical interpretation of the unresolved and problematical nature of the State of Israel's approach to Jewish traditions. Such an interpretation, I argue, enables us to both avoid the misconceptions and misinterpretations encouraged by the use of the allegedly transhistorical and transcultural category of "religion" for the study of Jewish politics, and to better understand the foundational political issues that are commonly studied under the title "religion and politics" in Israel. I thus suggest a discussion of several notions that become further clarified by refocusing the framework of discussion and analysis on matters of tradition. These touch upon three central issues: the role of Jewish traditions in (a) the shaping of the Zionist project, (b) the shaping of the Israeli public sphere, and (c) the formation and development of Jewish identities in Israel.
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Yadgar, Yaacov. (2014), Overcoming the Religion and Politics Discourse: A New Interpretation of the Israeli Case. Journal of Religion & Society, 16.
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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University
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1522-5658