Hezbollah: A History of the “Party of God.”
Given the persistent ascendancy of political Islam in the Middle East, scholarship such as Dominique Avon and Anaїs-Trissa Khatchadourian's Hezbollah is a most welcome addition to the literature on the relations between church and state (or in this particular case, church and political party/mi...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2014, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 166-167 |
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| Summary: | Given the persistent ascendancy of political Islam in the Middle East, scholarship such as Dominique Avon and Anaїs-Trissa Khatchadourian's Hezbollah is a most welcome addition to the literature on the relations between church and state (or in this particular case, church and political party/militant organization). The authors' detailed study of Lebanon's Hezbollah (herein Hezbollah), one of the most significant manifestations of the “Shi'a Revival,” adds greatly to the broader understanding of the phenomenon of political Islam and the challenges that exclusionist ideologies face when operating within a democratic political system. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/cst121 |