A legitimating myth’s collapse can shift political initiative to marginalized religious movements

Evidence

It is safe to assume that if the 1973 War had not undermined the myth of the secular soldier, the Gush could not have challenged the IDF in such an unprecedented manner. To a large extent, the settlement project, imbued with religious meaning, brought religious Zionism in from the margins of society and turned it into a central political and cultural stream. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 860

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Declining national fervor can paradoxically empower religious groups inside militaries — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 869; Claiming the greatest-victim status grants moral absolution for present violence — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1554