Transnational Religion, the State, and Global Civil Society
Contributors: Susanne H. Rudolph (Editor); James Piscatori (Editor)
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: March 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780813327686
Subjects: Interfaith relations; Political science & theory; Religion and international affairs; General; Sociology; Religion; Comparative Religion; Political Science-General; Religion / Comparative Religion; Social Science-General; 1989-; Religion and international aff; World politics
First sentence: Religious transnationalism has long been part of the Middle East and the Muslim world.
Description: Focusing on the dilution of the state sovereignty, this book examines how the crossing of state boundaries by religious movements leads to the formation of transnational civil society. Challenging the assertion that future conflict will be of the "clash of civilizations" variety, it looks to the micro-origins of conflicts, which are as likely to arise between states sharing a religion as between those divided by it and more likely to arise within rather than across state boundaries.

Thus, the chapters reveal the dual potential of religious movements as sources of peace and security as well as of violent conflict.