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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452018503321

Autore

Davis Nancy Jean <1950->

Titolo

Claiming society for God [[electronic resource] ] : religious movements and social welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States / / Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-59654-6

9786613626370

0-253-00714-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RobinsonRobert V

Disciplina

305.6

Soggetti

Religion and social status

Religion and sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 servic