Religion and politics Islam and Muslim civilization /
Offering a timely new appraisal of the political and social impact of Islam, this expanded second edition of Religion and Politics has been fully updated in line with new events. Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi look at the underlying social consequences of religious beliefs to account for the polit...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Co.,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | Offering a timely new appraisal of the political and social impact of Islam, this expanded second edition of Religion and Politics has been fully updated in line with new events. Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi look at the underlying social consequences of religious beliefs to account for the political differences between major civilizations of the world against a background of the rise of modern capitalism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 336 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754691761 (electronic bk.) 0754691764 (electronic bk.) 0754674185 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780754674184 (cloth : alk. paper) |