| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contesting the state by bypassing it -- The Muslim brotherhood: building a state within a state in Egypt -- The Sephardi Torah guardians: penetrating the Israeli state to circumvent it -- Comunione e liberazione: laying the building blocks of a parallel Christian society in Italy -- The Salvation Army USA: doing good to hasten the second coming. |
| Summary |
"Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox, fundamentalist movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, these movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infiltrating and subtly transforming civil society. Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson tell the story of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Shas in Israel, Comunione e Liberazione in Italy, and the Salvation Army in the United States. They show how these movements build massive grassroots networks of religiously based social service agencies, hospitals, schools, and businesses to bring their own brand of faith to popular and political fronts"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religion and sociology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Robinson, Robert V.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Nancy Jean, 1950- Claiming society for God. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012 9780253002341 (DLC) 2012001044 (OCoLC)740630814 |
| ISBN |
9780253007148 electronic book |
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0253007143 electronic book |
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9780253002341 cloth alkaline paper |
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0253002346 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780253002389 paperback alkaline paper |
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0253002389 paperback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9786613626370 |
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