Tayler integrates insights from different disciplines to develop a more comprehensive understanding of Jewish marriage in Israel. She concludes that legal pragmatism theory provides a basis to reconcile competing perspectives and accomplish integration. Tayler describes how her findings about Jewish marriage can be applied as a model to address larger problems, seeing the present study as laying the foundation for such applications.

1. Name: Brian Ochuko
INTS 3300: L7-A1: Interdisciplinary Research Critique STEPs 9 & 10
Date: April 14, 2014
INTS 3300: Interdisciplinary ResearchCritique #7:STEPs 9 & 10
To answer the following questions use the article provided in the Student Resources folder of the
Course Introduction module, Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel’s Conflicted Identity,
written by Marilyn R. Tayler. The article is also available at this link:
http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/39460_Chapter2.pdf.
1. Give the full APA style citation for the article as it would appear in an APA reference
page. (5 points)
Tayler, M.R. (2012). Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel’s Conflicted Identity. Drawing
on Disciplinary Insights (pg. 23-51)
STEP 9: Construct a More Comprehensive Understanding (Integrate)
1. Tayler integrates insights in a way that produces a both/and instead of an either/or
understanding. What is the outcome of this integration? Please provide a quote and
citation of her resulting conclusion.
(3 points)
Legal pragmatism theory is the outcome.
“Integration can build upon the Orthodox Rabbinate’s pragmatic impetus to compromise. Legal
pragmatism theory, as applied to Jewish marriage, provides a sound basis to
reconcile competing disciplinary insights and accomplish integration” (Tayler, 2012)
STEP 10: Communicating the Results
2. In Tayler’s STEP 10 and Conclusion write up, what does she describe as an application
of her findings about Jewish marriage that can be applied to a larger problem? (5 points)

2. Name: Brian Ochuko
INTS 3300: L7-A1: Interdisciplinary Research Critique STEPs 9 & 10
Date: April 14, 2014
She describes the present study as the foundation for application. In other words the institution of
Jewish marriage provides a model that can be applied to a larger problem