Swimming against the tide: the changing functions and status of chaplains in the Israel Defense Force

This article describes and analyses the changes that have occurred in the services performed by chaplains in the Israel Defense Force (IDF) - the only military in the world that consists almost entirely of Jews. Essentially, we argue, the shift has been one of focus. For many years, IDF chaplains pr...

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Authors: Cohen, Stuart 1946- (Author) ; Rosman-Stollman, Elisheva (Author)
Contributors: Kampinsky, Aaron (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2016]
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2016, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-74
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel / Military / Rabbi / Orthodox Judaism / Secularism / Jews
Further subjects:B Chaplaincy
B Israel-Palestinian conflict
B Judaism
B IDF
B Israel
B Military rabbinate
B Religiosity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)