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9 - The Politics of Jewish Secularization in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2018

Mirjam Künkler
Affiliation:
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
John Madeley
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Shylashri Shankar
Affiliation:
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
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A Secular Age beyond the West
Religion, Law and the State in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
, pp. 213 - 233
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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