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Autore |
Juergensmeyer Mark |
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Global rebellion [[electronic resource] ] : religious challenges to the secular state, from Christian militias to al Qaeda / / Mark Juergensmeyer |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Collana |
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Comparative studies in religion and society ; ; 16 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religions |
Radicalism - Religious aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Rise of Religious Rebellion -- Chapter 1: The Religious Challenge to the Secular State -- Chapter 2: The Front Line of Religious Rebellion: The Middle East -- Chapter 3: Political Targets of Rebellion: South, Central, and Southeast Asia -- Chapter 4: Post-Cold War Rebels: Europe, East Asia, and the United States -- Chapter 5: Transnational Networks: Global Jihad -- Chapter 6: The Enduring Problems of Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights -- Conclusion: Religious Rebellion and Global War -- Notes -- List of Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 Secular State, 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 |
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