Yeshiva fundamentalism piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world /

Stadler, Nurit

Yeshiva fundamentalism piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / [Texte imprimé] : Nurit Stadler - New York ; London : New York University Press, cop 2009 - 1 vol. (XVIII-197 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 173-187

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

978-0-8147-4049-1

Ultra-Orthodox Jews--Israel Orthodox Judaism--Israel Jewish fundamentalism--Israel Jewish men--Religious life Yeshiva--Israel Jewish religious education of adults--Israel Spiritual life--Judaism

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