Complexity of identity and tactics of resistance among religious leaders of immigrants

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ID3040801
AuthorsRachel Sharaby (0000-0002-1767-7152, Ashkelon Academic College, corresponding author), Aviva Kaplan (Ashkelon Academic College)
Year2015
Volume21
Issue6
Pages562-572
Publication date2015-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630.2015.1100989
OpenAlexW2180886943
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

This article discusses a unique groups of young ‘1.5 generation’ Jewish immigrant religious priests (kessoch) who were born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel, who cope with marginality and absence of legitimization by the religious establishment and by society. The article demonstrates that a complex cultural identity and behaviour pattern of syncretism is created among the religious priests, through selectively choosing aspects of identity which are meaningful for them. Their educated use of ‘fragments of identity’ and different tactics of resistance expresses a way for leaders of a minority group to cope with the reality they experience, and to find their place in the absorbing society

Aesthetics · Immigration · Judaism · Political science · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Theology · African history and culture analysis · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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