TY - JOUR
T1 - Vernacular dialectics
T2 - Spiritual practices of tsaddik veneration by secular Israelis
AU - Sarfati, Liora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Vernacular dialectic reasoning reconciles contradictions in people's lives. It involves an amalgam of emotion, belief, and intuition, as well as structures and intentions similar to formal dialectics and scientific thinking. In contemporary Israel, many self-proclaimed secular Jews use vernacular dialectics to avoid confronting stark contradictions between their pilgrimages to the graves of Jewish saints (tsaddikim), their virtual practices of tsaddik veneration, and prevailing rational assumptions in their secular daily lives.
AB - Vernacular dialectic reasoning reconciles contradictions in people's lives. It involves an amalgam of emotion, belief, and intuition, as well as structures and intentions similar to formal dialectics and scientific thinking. In contemporary Israel, many self-proclaimed secular Jews use vernacular dialectics to avoid confronting stark contradictions between their pilgrimages to the graves of Jewish saints (tsaddikim), their virtual practices of tsaddik veneration, and prevailing rational assumptions in their secular daily lives.
KW - AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus: Religion
KW - Folk belief
KW - Pilgrimages
KW - Ritual
KW - Soul
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046711545&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5406/jamerfolk.131.520.0181
DO - 10.5406/jamerfolk.131.520.0181
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AN - SCOPUS:85046711545
SN - 0021-8715
VL - 131
SP - 181
EP - 208
JO - Journal of American Folklore
JF - Journal of American Folklore
IS - 520
ER -