Fighting for Legitimacy: New Religious Movements and Militarism in Israel
This article examines the links between alternative spirituality and Israeli militarism in the context of the confrontations between new religious and spiritual movements and Israeli society and state, and the efforts of such movements to gain legitimation through participation in republican citizen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2023
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| In: |
Nova religio
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 80-100 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Israel
/ New religion
/ Militarism
/ Emin
/ Anthroposophy
/ Legitimation
/ Participation
/ Military
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations AZ New religious movements BH Judaism KBL Near East and North Africa ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Commando Unit 269
B New Religious Movements B Militarism B Israel Society B IDF B Emin B Israeli Defense Force B Anthroposophical Society |
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| Summary: | This article examines the links between alternative spirituality and Israeli militarism in the context of the confrontations between new religious and spiritual movements and Israeli society and state, and the efforts of such movements to gain legitimation through participation in republican citizenship practices and adaptations of Israeli cultural values. The article discusses the representation of alternative religious and spiritual movements as a danger to the Israeli Army by anticult movements, and the response of new religious movements to such accusations. Through the study of two case studies, Emin and Anthroposophy, the article examines the adjustments of religious and spiritual doctrines and practices of new religious movements to Israeli military ethos, the role of militarism in the endeavors of such movements to legitimize themselves through participation in Israeli republican citizenship practices, and the appropriations and interpretations of the Israeli military ethos by Israeli alternative spiritual movements. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.80 |