Tradition, Innovation, Conflict - Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Israel

This book examines religion in Israeli society: what it is and how it functions. Here is a clear picture of how Judaism provides a matrix of continuity for Israeli society notwithstanding a wide diversity of beliefs and practices.

About the author

Zvi Sobel teaches in the Sociology Department at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of Christianity: The 13th Tribe and Migrants From the Promised Land. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi teaches in the Psychology Department at the University of Haifa and is the co-author of The Social Psychology of Religion with M. Argyle and Research in Religious Behaviour: Selected Readings.

Product details

• Assisted by: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi (Editor), Zvi Sobel (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.1991
• EAN: 9780791405543
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0554-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Suny Series in Israeli Studies; SUNY series in Israeli Studies; Suny Israeli Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories