Claiming society for God
Subtitle: religious movements and social welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States
By: Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson
Contributors: Robinson, Robert V.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253002341; 9780253002389; 9780253007148
Subjects: Religion and sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Contesting the state by bypassing it; title: The Muslim brotherhood: building a state within a state in Egypt; title: The Sephardi Torah guardians: penetrating the Israeli state to circumvent it; title: Comunione e liberazione: laying the building blocks of a parallel Christian society in Italy; title: The Salvation Army USA: doing good to hasten the second coming.