02951cam a2200481Mu 4500 ocn794663273 OCoLC 20200709055534.0 m d cr |n| 120604s2012 inu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP EBLCP N$T 9780253007148 (electronic bk.) 0253007143 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)794663273 458418 (N$T) BL60 .D298 2012 SOC 031000 bisacsh SOC 020000 bisacsh 305.6 N$TA Davis, Nancy J. Claiming society for God [electronic resource] : religious movements and social welfare : Egypt, Israel, Italy and the United States / Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (234 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Contents; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox, fundamentalist movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, these movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infiltrating and subtly transforming civil society. Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson tell the story of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Shas in Israel, Comunione e Liberazione in Italy, and the Salvation Army in the United States. They show how these movements build massive grassroots networks of religiously based social service a. Religion and sociology. Social Science. Religion. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies bisacsh Religion and sociology. Electronic books. Robinson, Robert V. Print version: Davis, Nancy J. J. Claiming Society for God : Religious Movements and Social Welfare Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press,c2012 9780253002341 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=816876 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=458418 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL816876 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51292 51292