Zionist and Palestinian uses of religion differ fundamentally in function and centrality
Evidence
Behind this rather superficial similarity between the Zionist and Palestinian uses of religion lies a complex and differing picture that will be examined in the following discussion. Throughout more than a century of the Palestinian struggle with Zionism, the use of religion and religious claims by the Palestinian national movement has differed profoundly from that practiced by Zionism on two levels: function and centrality. Function denotes the purpose for which religion and religious claims were deployed by both the Zionists and the Palestinians; centrality refers to how central the place of religion and religious claims has been within these two national movements throughout the struggle. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 2366
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Even the most religious Palestinian factions used religion for mobilization, not land claims — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2408; A single world religion can simultaneously sustain two very different social styles — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2006; Religion stayed marginal in mainstream Palestinian nationalism for four decades — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2413 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Religion stayed marginal in mainstream Palestinian nationalism for four decades
#expands(0.85) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 2413 - Rational or moral correction from inside cannot touch Zionism’s founding religious claim
#expands(0.85) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 563 - A single world religion can simultaneously sustain two very different social styles
#complicates(0.80) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2006