Religious resurgence
Subtitle: contemporary cases in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
By: edited by Richard T. Antoun and Mary Elaine Hegland.
Contributors: Antoun, Richard T.; Hegland, Mary Elaine.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Religion -- History -- 20th century.; Religions -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Indices of religious resurgence in the United States / Robert Wuthnow; title: The local preacher and Islamic resurgence in Upper Egypt / Patrick D. Gaffney; title: Martyrdom in Christianity and Islam / Mahmoud M. Ayoub; title: Charismatic leadership in messianic and revolutionary movements : the Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmad) and the Messiah (Shabbatai Sevi) / R. Hrair Dekmejian; title: Indices of the Islamic resurgence in Malaysia / Judith Nagata; title: Islamic renewal and the "failure of the West" / John O. Voll; title: Religion against the State : a political economy of religious radicalism in Egypt and Israel / Eric Davis; title: Religion and political dissent in Israel : the case of Gush Emunim / David J. Schnall; title: Islamic revival or political and cultural revolution? : an Iranian case study / Mary Elaine Hegland; title: Three forms of religious convergence / Ninian Smart; title: Conclusion: religious resurgence in today's world / Mary Elaine Hegland.