Working Poor Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women and Men

Between Economic Distress and Meaning Based on Faith

Bibliographic Data

ID12455178
AuthorsEli Buchbinder (0000-0002-7530-1591, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Laura I Sigad (0000-0002-1092-3672, University of Haifa), Laura Sigad, Roni Strier (0000-0001-8245-8004, University of Haifa), Zvi Eisikovits (0000-0003-3876-9870, University of Haifa)
Year2015
Volume19
Issue4
Pages377-398
Publication date2015-07-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Poverty (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-5549 • E-ISSN: 1540-7608
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10875549.2014.999971
OpenAlexW2117421098
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited46

The present article focuses on the interface between religion, work, and poverty as reflected in 20 in-depth qualitative interviews with ultra-Orthodox working-poor women and men in Israel. Based on a social constructivist theoretical framework, findings uncover the complex role of religion in the construction of the working poor. Religion demands a set of behaviors and belief systems that hinder the individual’s ability to break out of poverty, while protecting the ultra-Orthodox working poor in providing them with an alternative framework of interpretative beliefs that enables positive and constructive social meaning, even under the difficulties of economic hardship

Constructive · Distress · Epistemology · Faith · Judaism · Meaning (existential · Political science · Poverty · Process (computing · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · Working poor · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology