Nancy J Davis, Robert V Robinson

Claiming Society for God

Religious Movements and Social Welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nancy J. Davis is Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology at DePauw University. Robert V. Robinson is the Class of 1964 Chancellor¿s Professor of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780253002389
• ISBN-10: 0253002389
• Artikelnr.: 34932459

Autorenporträt

Nancy J. Davis is Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology at DePauw University. Robert V. Robinson is the Class of 1964 Chancellor's Professor of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Contesting the State by Bypassing It
2. The Muslim Brotherhood: Building a State within a State in Egypt
3. The Sephardi Torah Guardians: Penetrating the Israeli State to
Circumvent It
4. Comunione e Liberazione: Laying the Building Blocks of a Parallel
Christian Society in Italy
5. The Salvation Army USA: Doing Good to Hasten the Second Coming
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index