03616nam 22006135 450 991048024690332120210721221330.00-8147-2284-90-8147-2250-410.18574/9780814722848(CKB)2560000000014655(EBL)865378(OCoLC)779828059(SSID)ssj0000413574(PQKBManifestationID)11294138(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413574(PQKBWorkID)10383758(PQKB)11690261(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325825(MiAaPQ)EBC865378(OCoLC)642206023(MdBmJHUP)muse10893(DE-B1597)547853(DE-B1597)9780814722848(EXLCZ)99256000000001465520200723h20102010 fg 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrCaribbean Religious History An Introduction /Ennis B. Edmonds, Michelle A. GonzalezNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-2235-0 0-8147-2234-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1 Introduction --2 Amerindians and Spanish Catholics in Contact --3 Early Colonial Catholicism --4 For God and Nation --5 Creole African Traditions --6 Afro-Christian Faiths --7 Mainline and Sideline --8 Migration and Revitalization --9 Legitimation, Indigenization, and Contextualization --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorsThe colonial history of the Caribbean created a context in which many religions, from indigenous to African-based to Christian, intermingled with one another, creating a rich diversity of religious life. Caribbean Religious History offers the first comprehensive religious history of the region.Ennis B. Edmonds and Michelle A. Gonzalez begin their exploration with the religious traditions of the Amerindians who flourished prior to contact with European colonizers, then detail the transplantation of Catholic and Protestant Christianity and their centuries of struggles to become integral to the Caribbean’s religious ethos, and trace the twentieth century penetration of American Evangelical Christianity, particularly in its Pentecostal and Holiness iterations. Caribbean Religious History also illuminates the influence of Africans and their descendants on the shaping of such religious traditions as Vodou, Santeria, Revival Zion, Spiritual Baptists, and Rastafari, and the success of Indian indentured laborers and their descendants in reconstituting Hindu and Islamic practices in their new environment.Paying careful attention to the region’s social and political history, Edmonds and Gonzalez present a one-volume panoramic introduction to this religiously vibrant part of the world.RELIGION / HistorybisacshCaribbean AreaReligionElectronic books.RELIGION / History.200.9729Edmonds Ennis B.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1051654Gonzalez Michelle A.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910480246903321Caribbean Religious History2482314UNINA05423nam 2200745 a 450 991095884960332120080227142909.0979840067307897866125659469781282565944128256594X9780313355219031335521510.5040/9798400673078(CKB)1000000000707798(EBL)494856(OCoLC)615600412(SSID)ssj0000376757(PQKBManifestationID)11243227(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376757(PQKBWorkID)10336544(PQKB)11070293(Au-PeEL)EBL494856(CaPaEBR)ebr10271246(CaONFJC)MIL256594(DLC)BP9798400673078BC(MiAaPQ)EBC494856(Perlego)4168748(EXLCZ)99100000000070779820080227e20082024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIsrael and Syria the military balance and prospects of war /Anthony H. Cordesman with the Assistance of Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger Security International,2008.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) illustrations, mapsDescription based upon print version of record.9798216105435 9780313355202 0313355207 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? -- The Iranian wild card.Israel and Syria: The Military Balance and Prospects of War provides a detailed and current picture of the military capabilities of Israel and Syria, reflecting the changes and lessons of the Israel-Hezbollah War in 2006 and other recent conflicts. It offers extensive analysis, supported by tables and charts, on the trends in military spending, arms imports and technology transfers, military manpower, weapons, and orders of battle.Arab-Israeli conflict1993-PeaceLebanon War, 2006IsraelHistory, MilitaryIsraelMilitary policySyriaHistory, MilitarySyriaMilitary policyArab-Israeli conflictPeace.Lebanon War, 2006.355/.03305694Cordesman Anthony H567761Nerguizian Aram1796732Popescu Ionut C1140722DLCDLCBOOK9910958849603321Israel and Syria4338667UNINA