Global rebellion

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Global rebellion
Untertitel
religious challenges to the secular state from Christian militias to al Qaeda
Verfasserangabe
Mark Juergensmeyer
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Reihenvermerk
16
Auflage
rev. edition
Verlag
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Berkeley [u.a.]
Jahr
Umfang
XII, 370 p.
ISBN13
978-0-520-26157-0
Fußnote
Previous ed. published as: The new Cold War? : religious nationalism confronts the secular state. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:
Why has the turn of the twenty-first century been rocked by a new religious rebellion? From al Qaeda to the Christian militia to insurgents in Iraq, a strident new religious activism has seized the imagination of political rebels around the world. Building on his groundbreaking 1992 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 manages to put a human face on religious conflicts that have become an increasingly abstract. He explores the new religious rebellions in their diversity-from American Christianity and Israeli Judaism to Indian Hinduism, Japanese Buddhism, and global Jihad-in order to address some basic questions: why are these rebellions religious? And why are they happening now? Juergensmeyer finds answers where two aspects of the post-cold war world intersect: the rise of globalization and the explosion of new religious politics. He argues that religious activism around the world has been provoked by the erosion of secular national identities and the collapse of faith in the moral basis for a secular state. This crucial book revises our notions of religious revolution and offers positive proposals for responding to it in ways that will diminish the violence and lead to an accommodation between radical religion and the secular world.
Table of Contents:
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Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: The Rise of Religious Rebellionp. 1
1The Religious Challenge to the Secular Statep. 9
The Loss of Faith in Secular Nationalismp. 10
The Competition between Two Ideologiesp. 17
The Mutual Rejection of Religion and Secularismp. 26
2The Front Line of Religious Rebellion: The Middle Eastp. 39
Egypt's Origins of Muslim Rebellionp. 41
Iran's Paradigmatic Revolutionp. 46
Israel's Militant Zionismp. 54
Hamas: The Islamic Intifadap. 63
Insurgents in Iraqp. 73
Other Movements in the Middle East and Africap. 77
Lebanon, Syria, and Jordanp. 78
Gulf Statesp. 79
North Africap. 80
Sub-Saharan Africap. 82
3Political Targets of Rebellion: South, Central, and Southeast Asiap. 84
Resurgent Islam in South and Central Asiap. 85
Afghanistanp. 85
Pakistanp. 88
Kashmirp. 90
Bangladeshp. 92
Central Asiap. 94
Hindu Nationalismp. 103
Sikhism's Suppressed Warp. 115
Buddhist Revolts in Asiap. 125
Sri Lankap. 125
Mongoliap. 135
Tibetp. 144
Religious Activists in Southeast Asiap. 145
Indonesiap. 146
Philippinesp. 148
4Post-Cold War Rebels: Europe, East Asia, and the United Statesp. 151
The Religious Rejection of Socialist Statesp. 152
Russiap. 152
Eastern Europe and the Balkan Statesp. 156
China, Vietnam, and North Koreap. 163
Latin Americap. 165
Christian and Secular Xenophobia in Europep. 167
A Peaceful Resolution in Northern Irelandp. 176
Imagined Armageddon in Japanp. 178
The Militant Christian Right in the United Statesp. 182
5Transnational Networks: Global Jihadp. 193
The Rise of Jihadi Ideologyp. 193
Emerging Networks in the Afghan-Soviet Warp. 197
Global Jihad after September 11, 2001p. 205
6The Enduring Problems of Violence, Democracy, and Human Rightsp. 212
Why Religious Confrontations Are Violentp. 212
Empowering Marginal Peoplesp. 220
Does Religion Challenge Democracy?p. 223
Minority and Individual Human Rightsp. 231
Conclusion: Religious Rebellion and Global Warp. 244
What Does Religion Have To Do with It?p. 252
The Future of Religious Rebellionsp. 257
Notesp. 264
List of Interviewsp. 314
Bibliographyp. 321
Index
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