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Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State
In Israel's Higher Law , Steven V. Mazie draws on the voices of Israeli citizens to shed new light on the relationship between liberal democracy and religion. By analyzing Israelis' perspectives on a number of divisive issues―including Jewish state symbols, marriage law, public Sabbath observance and funding for religious education―Mazie identifies a rift between Israeli and American understandings of "separation of religion and state" and a gulf between Jewish and Arab citizens' visions for Israel's religion-state arrangement. Mazie's compelling study offers more valuable insight into these dilemmas than any publication to date and proposes new guidelines for resolving them. Israel's Higher Law is the definitive work on the tensions between religion and democracy in Israel. It is a must-read for anyone interested in politics and Jewish studies.
334 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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November 7, 2019
I liked it a lot, mainly because it provides in-depth insight on Religion, Liberalism and State with a series on interviews to people of different backgrounds. It breaks the stigmas that we may have about a group views and cracks the simplicity on the current-public debate. Mazie also constantly quotes philosophers to draw his own conclusions and to analyze his conversations. Highly recommendable.
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