Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Rise of Religious Rebellion -- 1. The Religious Challenge to the Secular State -- The Loss of Faith in Secular Nationalism -- The Competition between Two Ideologies -- The Mutual Rejection of Religion and Secularism -- 2. The Front Line of Religious Rebellion: The Middle East -- Egypt's Origins of Muslim Rebellion -- Iran's Paradigmatic Revolution -- Israel's Militant Zionism -- Hamas: The Islamic Intifada -- Insurgents in Iraq -- Other Movements in the Middle East and Africa -- Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan -- Gulf States -- North Africa -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Political Targets of Rebellion: South, Central, and Southeast Asia -- Resurgent Islam in South and Central Asia -- Afghanistan -- Pakistan -- Kashmir -- Bangladesh -- Central Asia -- Hindu Nationalism -- Sikhism's Suppressed War -- Buddhist Revolts in Asia -- Religious Activists in Southeast Asia -- 4. Post-Cold War Rebels: Europe, East Asia, and the United States -- The Religious Rejection of Socialist States -- Russia -- Eastern Europe and the Balkan States -- China, Vietnam, and North Korea -- Latin America -- Christian and Secular Xenophobia in Europe -- A Peaceful Resolution in Northern Ireland -- Imagined Armageddon in Japan -- The Militant Christian Right in the United States -- 5. Transnational Networks: Global Jihad -- The Rise of Jihadi Ideology -- Emerging Networks in the Afghan-Soviet War -- Global Jihad after September 11, 2001 -- 6. The Enduring Problems of Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights -- Why Religious Confrontations Are Violent -- Empowering Marginal Peoples -- Does Religion Challenge Democracy? -- Minority and Individual Human Rights -- Conclusion: Religious Rebellion and Global War -- What Does Religion Have To Do with It? -- The Future of Religious Rebellions -- Notes.

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