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Holy wars & holy alliance : the return of religion to the global political stage /

Religions are reemerging in the social, political, and economic spheres previously occupied and dominated by secular institutions and ideologies. In the wake of crises exposing the limits of secular modernity, religions have again become significant players in domestic and international politics. At...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Graziano, Manlio, 1958- (Author)
Other Authors: Knowlton, Brian (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Series:Religion, culture, and public life.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The death of God
  • 2. The return of God
  • 3. God's revenge
  • 4. Religion and power in the 1970s
  • 5. The Islamization of the Iranian Revolution
  • 6. The geopolitical reinvention of the holy war
  • 7. The Catholicization of modernity
  • 8. The clash of civilizations
  • 9. The clash of ignorance
  • 10. The bloody borders of religion
  • 11. Terrorism
  • 12. Dialogue among civilizations
  • 13. The Catholic alliance
  • 14. The holy alliance
  • 15. All roads lead to Rome
  • Conclusion : Religion and international politics in the twenty-first century.