Gideon Sapir (Israel Bar-Ilan University), Daniel Statman (Israel University of Haifa)

State and Religion in Israel

A Philosophical-Legal Inquiry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is intended for two main audiences: those interested in state and religion relations, and those interested in the social and legal reality in Israel. The former will also benefit from the way the philosophical model is applied to Israel, while the latter will gain a wider perspective on state and religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 158mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781107150829
• ISBN-10: 1107150825
• Artikelnr.: 53169070

Autorenporträt

Gideon Sapir is Professor in the Faculty of Law at Bar-Ilan University. A scholar of constitutional theory and the relations of state and religion, he is the author of Israeli Constitution: From Evolution to Revolution (forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Theory: 1. Liberalism and neutrality(1): arguments against support
2. Liberalism and neutrality(2): arguments against preference
3. The assumed dangers of religion
4. Religious reasons for separation
5. Freedom of religion
6. Protection of religious feelings
7. Freedom from religion
8. Religious coercion: the place of religious arguments in the public sphere
Part II. From Theory to Practice: 9. Marriage and divorce
10. Religious education
11. Serving religious needs
12. Drafting Yeshiva students into the army
13. The Sabbath in a Jewish state
14. The Supreme Court on the protection of and from religion
15. Minority religions in Israel.