Prophetic Religions and Politics: Religion and the Political Order - Vol. 1

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• References xxviii
• Part One the Prophet in Theory and Action 1
• 1: Prophecy, Charisma, and Politics: Reinterpreting the Weberian Thesis 3
• References 17
• 2: The New Fundamentalism: Rebirth of Political Religion in America 18
• Notes 31
• Notes 32
• 3: Charismatic Leadership Trajectories: Two Case Histories 35
• Conclusion 47
• Notes 49
• References 49
• 4: Ram Mohan Roy: Pioneer of Indian Freedom 52

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• References xxviii
• Part One the Prophet in Theory and Action 1
• 1: Prophecy, Charisma, and Politics: Reinterpreting the Weberian Thesis 3
• References 17
• 2: The New Fundamentalism: Rebirth of Political Religion in America 18
• Notes 31
• Notes 32
• 3: Charismatic Leadership Trajectories: Two Case Histories 35
• Conclusion 47
• Notes 49
• References 49
• 4: Ram Mohan Roy: Pioneer of Indian Freedom 52
• Part Two Prophetic Religion Emerging at the Grass Roots 71
• 5: LIberation Theology in Latin America: Sociological Problems of Interpretation and Explanation 73
• References 100
• 6: Religion and the Legitimation of VIolence 103
• Notes 120
• 7: Indigenous Religions and the Transformation of Peripheral Societies 123
• References 149
• Part Three Prophetic Religion in the Service of Nation Building 151
• 8: Modern Islamic Sociopolitical Thought 153
• References 171
• 9: What Is Islamic Fundamentalism? 173
• Conclusion 192
• Notes 193
• 10: Dakwah Islamiah Islamic Revivalism in the Politics of Race and Religion in Malaysia 196
• References 219
• 11: Religion and Politics in Post-World War II Poland 221
• References 231
• Part Four Prophetic Religion and the Politics of Accommodation 233
• 12: Militancy and Accommodation in the Third Civilization: The Case of Japan's Soka Gakkai Movement 235
• 13: Historical Perspectives on Religion and Regime: Some Sociological Comparisons of Buddhism and Christianity 254
• References 270
• 14: A Comparative Perspective on Religion and Regime in Astern Europe and the Soviet Union 272
• References 303
• 15: Prophetic Christianity and the Future of China 307
• 16: Pentecostals and Politics in North and Central America 329
• References 349
• 17: Egypt's Islamic Militancy Revisited 353
• Part Five Conflict and Institutionalization 363
• 18: Prophets, Priests, and the Polity: European Christian Democracy in A Developmental Perspective 365
• Notes 388
• Notes 389
• 19: Some Elementary Forms of Authority and Fundamentalist Politics 391
• Notes 406
• Notes 407
• 20: Protestantism and Politics in Scotland and Ulster 410
• Notes 425
• References 427
• 21: Prophecy and Ecstacy: Religion and Politics in the Caribbean 430
• Notes 444
• References 445
• References 447
• Index 449