TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davis,Nancy J.
AU  - Robinson,Robert V.
TI  - Claiming society for God: religious movements and social welfare : Egypt, Israel, Italy and the United States 
SN  - 9780253007148 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL60 .D298 2012 
U1  - 305.6 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Bloomington, IN
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Religion
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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