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About Me
- Michal Pagis is a senior lecturer at the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar -Ilan University, Israel. She received her B.Sc. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and her MA and PhD from the department of Sociology, University of Chicago. Her fields of expertise include micro-sociology, sociology of culture and sociology of religion. She studies the growing popularity of techniques of self-formation and transformation in post-industrial culture, specializing in social spheres where religion, spiritually and popular psychology meet. Her different research projects include: contemporary meditation practice, life coaching, self-branding, and spiritual care. Her work is based on qualitative research methods (participant observation and in-depth interviews) that uncover the social dynamic that construct identities, ideologies and social practices that are at the base of contemporary social and cultural structures. She if the author of: “Inward: Vipassana meditation and the Embodiment of the Self” (2019) published at the University of Chicago Press. She currently studies the flourishing popularity of popular-psychology workshops and services among Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel with the help of an ISF grant (Israeli Science Foundation).
- Sociology of religion and spirituality
- Sociology of self and emotions
- Micro-sociology
- Sociology of culture
- Social theory
- Sociology of work and organizations
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, PhD, University of Chicago
… → Dec 2008
Award Date: 31 Dec 2008
Master's Degree
… → Oct 2005
Award Date: 1 Oct 2005
Bachelor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
… → Oct 2000
Award Date: 1 Oct 2000
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Cultural Discrepancies in Interaction: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men Encounter Popular Psychology
Goldberg, D. & Pagis, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Qualitative Sociology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prefigurative Occupational Activism: How Religion-Inspired Psychologists Transform Their Profession as a Means for Social Change
Tal, O. & Pagis, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Work and Occupations. 07308884251363841.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seeing Others: How Recognition Works—and How It Can Heal a Divided World
Pagis, M., Nov 2025, In: Contemporary Sociology. 54, 6, p. 528-530 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Self-determination Theory as a Lens to Explore the Implementation Challenges of Telehealth
Gilboa, Y., Pagis, M. & Lyons, K., 2025, In: International Journal of Telerehabilitation. 16, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Different Faces of Religion in Therapy: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of a Religion-Based Therapeutic Community for Addiction Recovery in Israel
Pagis, M., Elbaz, A. & Ben Yair, Y., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Religion and Health. 64, 1, p. 64-81 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations
Activities
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Mindfulness on the Margins.
Pagis, M. (Participation - Conference participant)
1 Apr 2016 → 3 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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The Cultivated Spirit: Between Anthropology and Psychology.
Pagis, M. (Participation - Conference participant)
9 Dec 2015 → 10 Dec 2015Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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Association for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting
Pagis, M. (Participation - Conference participant)
17 Aug 2015 → 20 Aug 2015Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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Topical/Group Seminar: Re-enchanting the End of Life
Pagis, M. (Speaker)
2015 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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American Sociological Association annual Meeting
Pagis, M. (Participation - Conference participant)
18 Aug 2015 → 22 Aug 2015Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
Thesis
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Becoming an Individual: Meditation in Contemporary World
pagis, M. (Author), Abbott, A. (Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: Thesis
Profiles
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Dov Goldberg
- Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Anthropology - PhD Student
Person: Teaching, PhD Student