Despair and deliverance :
Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin.
Despair and deliverance : private salvation in contemporary Israel / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (vii, 221 pages). - SUNY series in Israeli studies . - SUNY series in Israeli studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
Annotation Brings together writings from different disciplines to show various perspectives on ethical issues now apparent in the field of reproduction. The author places emphasis on the extent to which people should be guided by the aim of trying to satisfy the desires both to have a child and to have a child of a certain quality. The book is suitable for professionals, students, and laity. Based on ten years of interviews, observations, clinical data, and media reports, Beit-Hallahmi (psychology, U. of Haifa) explores the growing phenomenon of Israelis' weathering the current cultural upheaval by seeking personal salvation in Judaism, new religious sects or cults, pop psychology movements, and the occult. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
0585090521 9780585090528 0791409996 9780791409992 0791410005 9780791410004
ebc3408344
1900-1999
Cults--Israel.
Jews--Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Occultism--Religious aspects.--Israel
Self-realization--Religious aspects.
Conversion.
Jews--Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Conversion.
Cults.
Jews--Psychology.
Jews--Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Occultism--Religious aspects.
Religion.
Self-realization--Religious aspects.
Israel--Religion--20th century.
Israel.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BL1650 / .B45 1992eb
306.6/9142/095694
Despair and deliverance : private salvation in contemporary Israel / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (vii, 221 pages). - SUNY series in Israeli studies . - SUNY series in Israeli studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
Annotation Brings together writings from different disciplines to show various perspectives on ethical issues now apparent in the field of reproduction. The author places emphasis on the extent to which people should be guided by the aim of trying to satisfy the desires both to have a child and to have a child of a certain quality. The book is suitable for professionals, students, and laity. Based on ten years of interviews, observations, clinical data, and media reports, Beit-Hallahmi (psychology, U. of Haifa) explores the growing phenomenon of Israelis' weathering the current cultural upheaval by seeking personal salvation in Judaism, new religious sects or cults, pop psychology movements, and the occult. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
0585090521 9780585090528 0791409996 9780791409992 0791410005 9780791410004
ebc3408344
1900-1999
Cults--Israel.
Jews--Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Occultism--Religious aspects.--Israel
Self-realization--Religious aspects.
Conversion.
Jews--Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Conversion.
Cults.
Jews--Psychology.
Jews--Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Occultism--Religious aspects.
Religion.
Self-realization--Religious aspects.
Israel--Religion--20th century.
Israel.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BL1650 / .B45 1992eb
306.6/9142/095694