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Prophetic Disappointment and Ideological Change among Israeli Settlers' Rabbis

The Case of Rabbis Yehuda Amital and Shmuel Tal

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ID3418248
AuthorsMotti Inbari (0000-0001-5018-6737, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume12
Issue11
Pages1017
Publication date2021-11-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12111017
OpenAlexW3213266916
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

In this article, I examine the role of prophetic disappointment in creating ideological change. I discuss the response of two Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda Amital (1924-2010) and Rabbi Shmuel Tal (b. 1962), to the crisis of faith they encountered regarding the role of Zionism in the messianic drama. This research describes the process of religious switching they have gone through due to failure of prophetic faith. This work argues that their transformation was an attempt to cope with the tension that results from cognitive dissonance in two different instances while blaming a third party for misunderstanding the true will of God. Their religious switching was an act of theodicy, justifying God's justice, while renouncing their previous held beliefs

Cognitive dissonance · Disappointment · Economic Justice · Faith · Forgiveness · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2022 - 2023 (2)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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