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Claiming society for God

Davis, Nancy Jean, 1950-

Claiming society for God religious movements and social welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States / [electronic resource] : Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (234 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Contesting the state by bypassing it -- The Muslim brotherhood: building a state within a state in Egypt -- The Sephardi Torah guardians: penetrating the Israeli state to circumvent it -- Comunione e liberazione: laying the building blocks of a parallel Christian society in Italy -- The Salvation Army USA: doing good to hasten the second coming.

9780253007148 0253007143


Religion and sociology.


Electronic books.

BL60 / .D298 2012

305.6