Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
It outlines the major issues involved in the study of religion and politics and then deals with the impact of political culture on religion and religion on political culture; the problems which religion raises for a democratic society and the need for religion to unify society; the problems involved in attempting to operationalize the vision of a religious state; and the consequences of religious fundamentalism for the political system.
"Religion, Democracy and Israeli Society" illuminates critical aspects in the study of religion and politics in one society; the state of Israel.
Synopsis
First Published in 1997. The essays in this volume are revisions, in some cases substantial, to the 1995 Sherman Lectures which the author delivered at SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
Synopsis
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.