Coping with defeat : Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the modern state

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Coping with defeat : Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the modern state

Jonathan Laurence

Princeton University Press, c2021

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Summary: "How do centralized, institutional religions make peace with the modern state's displacement of their traditional prestige and power? What are the factors that can promote the mutual acceptance of religious communities and the secular rule of law? These are the questions posed in Jonathan Laurence's new book, which argues that Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam have trod surprisingly similar paths in their respective histories. Contemporary Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam both descend from religious states and empires, the Papacy in the case of Catholicism and the Caliphate in the case of Islam. As religio-political orders, the Western Church and the Islamic Caliphate ruled vast territories and populations. Each set of religio-political institutions made law, controlled land, and governed people for roughly four centuries. Yet both suffered three similar upheavals and challenges: the end of empires, the rise of the modern national state, and significant outward migrations from the "home base" ... "

Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-554) and index

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  • Introduction: Coping with Defeat
  • 1. Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism and the Modern State
  • The First Defeat: End of Empire
  • 2. The Fall and Rise of Roman Catholicism
  • 3. The Plot against the Caliphate
  • 4. The Rise and Fall of Pan-Islam
  • The Second Defeat: Rise of the Nation-State
  • 5. Nation-State Catholicism
  • 6. Nation-State Islam
  • The Third Defeat: the era believers without borders
  • 7. Catholicism in the United States
  • 8. Islam in Europe
  • 9. Nation-State Islam vs. the Islamic State
  • Conclusion: Embracing Spiritual Power
  • 10. Out of Office: Rejoining Civil Society
  • Regime Timelines
  • Glossary
  • Interviews
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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