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Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to al Qaeda (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society)
Global Rebellion Religious Challenges to the Secular State from Christian Militias to al Qaeda - Comparative Studies in Religion and Society
Author: Mark Juergensmeyer
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?: Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secula...  more »Mark Juergensmeyer here provides an up-to-date road map through this complex new religious terrain. Basing his discussion on interviews with militant activists and case studies of rebellious movements, Juergensmeyer puts a human face on conflicts that have become increasingly abstract. He revises our notions of religious revolution and offers positive proposals for responding to religious activism in ways that will diminish the violence and lead to an accommodation between radical religion and the secular world.
ISBN-13: 9780520261570
ISBN-10: 0520261577
Publication Date: 10/28/2009
Pages: 384
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
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