Emile Sahliyeh is Associate Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics at University of North Texas.

"The topic is currently of global interest. In my view it makes a significant contribution to the understanding of complex issues that affect us all. At the same time it will stimulate useful debate in the fields of religion, politics, and social theory." — Harold H. Oliver, Professor of Philosophical Theology, Boston University School of Theology

• Foreword Part I Explaining the Phenomenon of Religious Resurgence1. Religious Resurgence and Political Modernization Emile Sahliyeh2. The Stubborn Persistence of Religion in the Global Arena Anson Shupe3. The Incurably Religious Animal Joe Barnhart4. The Limits of Religious Resurgence Donald Eugene SmithPart II Religious Resurgence of the Conservative Protestants in the United States, Central America, and South Africa5. The New Christian Right in American Politics: Mobilization Amid Modernization Kenneth D. Wald6. Christian Fundamentalists and the Imperatives of American Politics Allen D. Hertzke7. What Do the Evangelicals Want? Ronald Nash8. Onward Christian Soldiers: The Case of Protestantism in Central America Laura Nuzzi O'Shaughnessy9. Divided Evangelicals in South Africa Lawrence JonesPart III The Church: An Instrument for Political Protest and Modernization10. Liberalism in Search of a Political Agenda Lonnie D. Kliever11. The Revival of Church and State in the Philippines:Churches and Religion in the People Power Revolution and After C. Neal Tate12. The Sword and the Cross: Church-State Conflict in Latin America Michael DodsonPart IV Religious Resurgence: A Mechanism for Social Discontent and Political Change13. The Islamic Revival as Conservatism and as Progress in Contemporary Egypt Louis J. Cantori14. Women and Religion in a Modern Islamic Society: The Case of Kuwait Jamal Sanad and Mark Tessler15. Shi'i Islam: Bonyadgiri or Fundamentalism? Gregory F. Rose16. Religious Resurgence and Political Mobilization of the Shi'a in Lebanon Augustus Richard Norton17. The Politics of Religious Resurgence and Religious Terrorism: The Case of the Sikhs of India Karandeep Singh18. Religion and Politics in the Jewish State of Israel Mark TesslerPart V Afterword19. Concluding Remarks Emile SahliyehContributors Notes Index

Emile Sahliyeh is Associate Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics at University of North Texas.

"The topic is currently of global interest. In my view it makes a significant contribution to the understanding of complex issues that affect us all. At the same time it will stimulate useful debate in the fields of religion, politics, and social theory." — Harold H. Oliver, Professor of Philosophical Theology, Boston University School of Theology

• Foreword Part I Explaining the Phenomenon of Religious Resurgence1. Religious Resurgence and Political Modernization Emile Sahliyeh2. The Stubborn Persistence of Religion in the Global Arena Anson Shupe3. The Incurably Religious Animal Joe Barnhart4. The Limits of Religious Resurgence Donald Eugene SmithPart II Religious Resurgence of the Conservative Protestants in the United States, Central America, and South Africa5. The New Christian Right in American Politics: Mobilization Amid Modernization Kenneth D. Wald6. Christian Fundamentalists and the Imperatives of American Politics Allen D. Hertzke7. What Do the Evangelicals Want? Ronald Nash8. Onward Christian Soldiers: The Case of Protestantism in Central America Laura Nuzzi O'Shaughnessy9. Divided Evangelicals in South Africa Lawrence JonesPart III The Church: An Instrument for Political Protest and Modernization10. Liberalism in Search of a Political Agenda Lonnie D. Kliever11. The Revival of Church and State in the Philippines:Churches and Religion in the People Power Revolution and After C. Neal Tate12. The Sword and the Cross: Church-State Conflict in Latin America Michael DodsonPart IV Religious Resurgence: A Mechanism for Social Discontent and Political Change13. The Islamic Revival as Conservatism and as Progress in Contemporary Egypt Louis J. Cantori14. Women and Religion in a Modern Islamic Society: The Case of Kuwait Jamal Sanad and Mark Tessler15. Shi'i Islam: Bonyadgiri or Fundamentalism? Gregory F. Rose16. Religious Resurgence and Political Mobilization of the Shi'a in Lebanon Augustus Richard Norton17. The Politics of Religious Resurgence and Religious Terrorism: The Case of the Sikhs of India Karandeep Singh18. Religion and Politics in the Jewish State of Israel Mark TesslerPart V Afterword19. Concluding Remarks Emile SahliyehContributors Notes Index

Emile Sahliyeh is Associate Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics at University of North Texas.

"The topic is currently of global interest. In my view it makes a significant contribution to the understanding of complex issues that affect us all. At the same time it will stimulate useful debate in the fields of religion, politics, and social theory." — Harold H. Oliver, Professor of Philosophical Theology, Boston University School of Theology

• Foreword Part I Explaining the Phenomenon of Religious Resurgence1. Religious Resurgence and Political Modernization Emile Sahliyeh2. The Stubborn Persistence of Religion in the Global Arena Anson Shupe3. The Incurably Religious Animal Joe Barnhart4. The Limits of Religious Resurgence Donald Eugene SmithPart II Religious Resurgence of the Conservative Protestants in the United States, Central America, and South Africa5. The New Christian Right in American Politics: Mobilization Amid Modernization Kenneth D. Wald6. Christian Fundamentalists and the Imperatives of American Politics Allen D. Hertzke7. What Do the Evangelicals Want? Ronald Nash8. Onward Christian Soldiers: The Case of Protestantism in Central America Laura Nuzzi O'Shaughnessy9. Divided Evangelicals in South Africa Lawrence JonesPart III The Church: An Instrument for Political Protest and Modernization10. Liberalism in Search of a Political Agenda Lonnie D. Kliever11. The Revival of Church and State in the Philippines:Churches and Religion in the People Power Revolution and After C. Neal Tate12. The Sword and the Cross: Church-State Conflict in Latin America Michael DodsonPart IV Religious Resurgence: A Mechanism for Social Discontent and Political Change13. The Islamic Revival as Conservatism and as Progress in Contemporary Egypt Louis J. Cantori14. Women and Religion in a Modern Islamic Society: The Case of Kuwait Jamal Sanad and Mark Tessler15. Shi'i Islam: Bonyadgiri or Fundamentalism? Gregory F. Rose16. Religious Resurgence and Political Mobilization of the Shi'a in Lebanon Augustus Richard Norton17. The Politics of Religious Resurgence and Religious Terrorism: The Case of the Sikhs of India Karandeep Singh18. Religion and Politics in the Jewish State of Israel Mark TesslerPart V Afterword19. Concluding Remarks Emile SahliyehContributors Notes Index