God Is Back How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World

Name: God Is Back How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World
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ISBN: 9780143116837

ISBN-10: 0143116835

ISBN-13: 9780143116837

Edition: 2010

Authors: John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge

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Two writers for "Economist" magazine show how and why religion is booming around the world and reveal its vast effects on the global economy, politics, and more.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



Two Roads to Modernity



The European Way: The Necessity of Atheism



The American Way I: The Chosen Nation (1607-1900)



The American Way II: Surviving the Acids of Modernity (1880-2000)



Bush, Blair, Obama and the God Gap (2000-2008)



God's Country



Pray, Rabbit, Pray: Soulcraft and the American Dream



The God Business: Capitalism and the Rise of Religion



Empires of the Mind: God and the Intellectuals



God's Empire



Exporting America's God



All That Is Holy Is Profaned: Exporting American Materialism



God's Wars



The Bible Versus the Koran: The Battle of the Books and the Future of Two Faiths



The New Wars of Religion



The Culture Wars Go Global


Conclusion: Learning to Live with Religion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index