Yeshiva Fundamentalism : Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World.
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism, Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising e...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism
- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community
- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination
- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work
- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity
- The domestication of masculine piety
- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety"
- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.