Global rebellion : religious challenges to the secular state, from Christian militias to al Qaeda /
Why has the turn of the twenty-first century been rocked by a new religious rebellion? From al Qaeda to Christian militias to insurgents in Iraq, a strident new religious activism has seized the imaginations of political rebels around the world. Building on his groundbreaking book, The New Cold War?...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Series: | Comparative studies in religion and society ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Gulf States; North Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Pakistan; Kashmir; Bangladesh; Central Asia; China, Vietnam, and North Korea; Eastern Europe and the Balkan States; Latin America; Introduction: The Rise of Religious Rebellion; 1. The Religious Challenge to the Secular State; The Loss of Faith in Secular Nationalism; The Competition between Two Ideologies; The Mutual Rejection of Religion and Secularism; 2. The Front Line of Religious Rebellion: The Middle East; Egypt's Origins of Muslim Rebellion; Iran's Paradigmatic Revolution.
- Israel's Militant ZionismHamas: The Islamic Intifada; Insurgents in Iraq; Other Movements in the Middle East and Africa; Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan; 3. Political Targets of Rebellion: South, Central, and Southeast Asia; Resurgent Islam in South and Central Asia; Afghanistan; Hindu Nationalism; Sikhism's Suppressed War; Buddhist Revolts in Asia; Religious Activists in Southeast Asia; 4. Post-Cold War Rebels: Europe, East Asia, and the United States; The Religious Rejection of Socialist States; Russia; Christian and Secular Xenophobia in Europe; A Peaceful Resolution in Northern Ireland.
- Imagined Armageddon in JapanThe Militant Christian Right in the United States; 5. Transnational Networks: Global Jihad; The Rise of Jihadi Ideology; Emerging Networks in the Afghan-Soviet War; Global Jihad after September 11, 2001; 6. The Enduring Problems of Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights; Why Religious Confrontations Are Violent; Empowering Marginal Peoples; Does Religion Challenge Democracy?; Minority and Individual Human Rights; Conclusion: Religious Rebellion and Global War; What Does Religion Have To Do with It?; The Future of Religious Rebellions; Notes; List of Interviews.