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Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to al Qaeda

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780520934764
DOI
10.1525/9780520934764
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
947 kB (969906 bytes)
Series
Comparative Studies in Religion and Society; 16
Pages
384\383
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 15:21:55

Description

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 that will diminish the violence and lead to an accommodation between radical religion and the secular world.

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