Faith at the Crossroads - A Theological Profile of Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism emerged as an organized political movement in 1902, rebelling against the ethos of passivity endorsed by a mostly anti-Zionist Eastern European Orthodoxy. The book presents religious-Zionists as a new religious type, driven by distinct theological conceptions that reexamine fundamental notions, including God, faith, and historical process. Schwartz's detailed analysis exposes the roots of a political movement that has proven crucially influential in Israeli politics, both before and after the establishment of the state.

About the author

Dov Schwartz, Ph.D. (1990), Bar-Ilan University, is Professor of Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. He has published extensively on medieval and modern Jewish philosophy, including Challenge and Crisis in Rabbi Kook's Circle, (Am-Oved, 2000) and Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Philosophy (1999, BIU Press).

Product details

• Authors: Dov Schwartz
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2002
• EAN: 9789004124615
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12461-5
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 243 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Brill Reference Library of Jud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism