Evolving nationalism homeland identity and religion in israel 1925 2005 evolving nationalism evolving nationalism examines how the idea of israel as a nation state has developed within. Evolving nationalism examines how the idea of israel as a nation state has developed within zionist and israeli discourse over the past eight decades nadav g shelef focuses on the changing ways in which the main nationalist movements answered three distinct questions in their private and public ideological articulations between 1925 and 2005 where is the land of israel who ought to be israeli what should the zionist national mission be. Evolving nationalism homeland identity and religion in israel 1925 2005 by nadav g shelef. 2012 evolving nationalism homeland identity and religion in israel 1925 2005 nationalities papers vol 40 no 1 pp 165 167. Evolving nationalism homeland identity and religion in israel 1925 2005 by nadav g shelef 296 pages ithaca ny cornell university press 2010