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Religious Authorities in the Military and Civilian Control

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  • Yagil Levy

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This article takes a step toward filling the gap in the scholarly literature by examining the impact of religious intervention in the military on civil-military relations. Using the case of Israel, I argue that although the subordination of the Israeli military to elected civilians has remained intact, and the supreme command has been mostly secular, external religious authorities operate within the formal chain of command and in tandem with the formal authorities, managing the military affairs. This religious influence is apparent in three major domains: (1) the theological influence on military deployment, (2) the exclusion of women from equal participation in military service, and (3) the role expansion of the Military Rabbinate as a quasi-state agency and its reflection in the socialization of secular soldiers and the development of alternative military ethics. Consequently, extra-institutional control of the military is at work.

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  • Yagil Levy, 2016. "Religious Authorities in the Military and Civilian Control," Politics & Society, , vol. 44(2), pages 305-332, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:44:y:2016:i:2:p:305-332
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329216638063
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    1. Agbaria, Ayman & Shmueli, Zach, 2019. "The “social soldier” and the mission to “retrieve the lost honor”: An ideal image of the desired graduate of an Israeli general pre-military academy," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 88-95.

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