02821nam 2200613Ia 450 991045201850332120200520144314.01-280-59654-697866136263700-253-00714-3(CKB)2550000000103568(EBL)816876(OCoLC)794663273(SSID)ssj0000711343(PQKBManifestationID)11417249(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711343(PQKBWorkID)10693837(PQKB)11445401(MiAaPQ)EBC816876(MdBmJHUP)muse18244(Au-PeEL)EBL816876(CaPaEBR)ebr10565326(CaONFJC)MIL362637(EXLCZ)99255000000010356820120124d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClaiming society for God[electronic resource] religious movements and social welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States /Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. RobinsonBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00238-9 0-253-00234-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 servicReligion and social statusReligion and sociologyElectronic books.Religion and social status.Religion and sociology.305.6Davis Nancy Jean1950-949515Robinson Robert V244511MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452018503321Claiming society for God2146166UNINA