Religious Ideology That Attempts to Ease the Conflict between Religion and State: An Analysis of the Teachings of Two Leading Religious-Zionist Rabbis in the State of Israel

David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister (1948-63, except for a short period) and the major figure in shaping IsraeU political identity, worked out "status quo" arrangements with the reUgious parties in an attempt to reach a compromise between the reUgious and secular Jewish communities....

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Published in:A journal of church and state 2009-01, Vol.51 (1), p.52-77
Main Author: Hellinger, Moshe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Christianity
Clergy
Coalition governments
Countries
Democracy
Gays & lesbians
Heads of government
Islam
Israel
Jewish law
Jewish people
Jews
Judaism
Land settlement
National identity
Politics
Prime ministers
Rabbis
Religion
Religion and state
Society
Torah
Zionism
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Summary:David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister (1948-63, except for a short period) and the major figure in shaping IsraeU political identity, worked out "status quo" arrangements with the reUgious parties in an attempt to reach a compromise between the reUgious and secular Jewish communities. Conflicts over keeping shopping centers open on the Sabbath (Saturday), the importation of nonkosher foodstuffs such as pork, the sale of forbidden leavened food (hametz) during Passover, the introduction of civil marriages, and legaUzmg the status of homosexuals- all of these highUght the severity of the reUgious-secular divide in Israel at the beginning of the twenty-first century.3 Undoubtedly, the major threat to the stabUity of the democratic regime in Israel, against the background of this conflict between reUgion and state, derives from the close connection between reUgious and normative (i.e., socio-economic) poUtical cleavages within the Jewish population.
ISSN:0021-969X
2040-4867
DOI:10.1093/jcs/csp004