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Publisher | Oxford Univ PR |
ISBN 13 | 9780190932381 |
ISBN 10 | 0190932384 |
Author | Yuval Jobani |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | Holy sites are often at the center of intense contestation between different groups regarding a wide variety of issues, including ownership, access, usage rights, permissible religious conduct, and others. They are often the source of intractable lon |
About the Author | Yuval Jobani is a senior lecturer of Jewish Philosophy and Education at Tel Aviv University. His research interests include the variety of Jewish secularisms, religion and the public sphere as well as religion and education in contemporary society. He is the author of The Role of Contradictions in Spinoza's Philosophy: The God Intoxicated Heretic. Nahshon Perez is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Bar Ilan University. His fields of research include toleration, pluralism, religion-state relations, and the rectification of past wrongs. He is the author of Freedom from Past Injustices: A Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations. Yuval Jobani and Nahshon Perez previous co-authored book Women of the Wall: Navigating Religion in Sacred Sites was also published by Oxford University Press (2017). |
Publication Date | 2020-05-01 |
Number of Pages | 216 pages |
Governing the Sacred: Political Toleration in Five Contested Sacred Sites