02788nam 2200601Ia 450 991077915430332120230126202910.01-280-59654-697866136263700-253-00714-3(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 sociologyReligion and social status.Religion and sociology.305.6Davis Nancy Jean1950-1485364Robinson Robert V244511MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779154303321Claiming society for God3704466UNINA