The Religionization of Israeli Society

by Yoav Peled and Horit Herman Peled

Book Overview

During Israel's military operation in Gaza in the summer of 2014 the commanding officer of the Givati infantry brigade, Colonel Ofer Vinter, called upon his troops to fight "the terrorists who defame the God of Israel." This unprecedented call for religious war by a senior IDF commander caused an uproar, but it was just one symptom of a profound process of religionization, or de-secularization, that Israeli society has been going through since...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138954799
• ISBN13: 9781138954793
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"