Religion and Nationalism: The Case of Religious (anti-)Zionism

Harvard FAS

The rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century raised a variety of issues relating to the role of religion in that European project. This course will focus on the challenges, obstacles, and role religion played in the national project Our case study will be Jewish nationalism also called Zionism. We will explore religious Zionism and religious anti-Zionism as competing philosophical movements within Jewish modernity. The focus will be less on historical events, though they are important,…