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Despair and deliverance : private salvation in contemporary Israel / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Israeli studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1992.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585090521
  • 9780585090528
  • 0791409996
  • 9780791409992
  • 0791410005
  • 9780791410004
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Despair and deliverance.DDC classification:
  • 306.6/9142/095694 20
LOC classification:
  • BL1650 .B45 1992eb
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.

Print version record.

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.

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