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  • 9 - Israel: Halakha and Zionism

  • from Part II - The Benchmark of State Neutrality
  • Kerry O'Halloran
  • Book:
    State Neutrality
    Published online:
    15 January 2021
    Print publication:
    21 January 2021, pp 398-446

  • Summary

    It begins with preliminary matters: an opening section dealing with policy context and related guiding principles, then an outline of the governing legal framework, international and domestic legislation, courts and regulatory bodies, with some references to international reports. This leads into the first of two contemporary case law sections, which examines the state–religion relationship in relation to the most relevant fundamental human rights: the freedoms of religion, assembly/association and expression. The second and largest considers the church–state relationship as it intersects with equality rights in relation to: marriage, family life, divorce and death; healthcare; education; employment; service provision; and security.

The Joy of Religion
  • Exploring the Nature of Pleasure in Spiritual Life
  • Ariel Glucklich
  • Published online:
    14 December 2019
    Print publication:
    09 January 2020
  • All religions describe spiritual experience as pleasant, and the goal of the religious pursuit as profoundly joyful. But many religions also condemn sensory pleasures and the desire for objects of pleasure. In this book, Ariel Glucklich resolves this apparent contradiction by showing how religious practices that instill self-control and discipline transform one type of pleasure into the pleasures of mastery and play. Using historical data and psychological analysis, he details how the rituals, mystical practices, moral teachings, and sacred texts of the world's religions act as psychological instruments that induce well-being. Glucklich also shows that in promoting joy and pleasure, religion also strengthens social bonds and enhances an individual's pursuit of meaning.