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Part I – Faiths, Commandments, and the Life-Cycle – deals with practical religious commandments, religious rights and ceremonies, and the life-cycle of the individual.
Part II – Spiritual Leadership and Community Organization – treats the spiritual leadership in various countries of the Middle East throughout their history.
Part III – Population, Society, and Identity in Israel – discusses the role of family, society, and religious identity, and the changes in attitudes that have taken place in recent generations.
Part IV – Laws of Personal Status – is an analysis of the laws of personal status of individuals, and of the implementation of these laws in practice in the Druze religious courts.
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This is an especially accessible guide to Druze belief, ritual practice, ethnography, and history… The author has collected excellent demographic material on the Israel community and provides a clear and concise analysis of its social structure and struggle with change… This important little volume is arguably the best introduction currently available in English… Essential.” Social & Behavioral Sciences
“Nissim Dana’s account of the Druze’s life cycle,
community organization, and faith … provides an insightful
commentary and overview of a particularist faith’s orthodoxy
and orthopraxy.” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences |
