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Religion, Globalization and Political Culture in the Third World

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The global resurgence of religious ideas and social movements is one of the most unexpected events at the end of the twentieth century. What makes this phenomenon global is that it is taking place at the same time (since the late 1970s), among diverse cultures, in different countries, and in states at different levels of economic development (for surveys, see Christian Science Monitor 1987, Daedalus 1988 and 1991).

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Thomas, S. (1999). Religion and International Society. In: Haynes, J. (eds) Religion, Globalization and Political Culture in the Third World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27038-5_2

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