Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Modernity and Religion
6. 1. The Death of God 13
7. 2. The Return of God 22
8. 3. God’s Revenge 31
9. Part II. The Resacralization of Politics in the 1970s
10. 4. Religion and Power in the 1970s 47
11. 5. The Islamization of the Iranian Revolution 67
12. 6. The Geopolitical Reinvention of the Holy War 80
13. 7. The Catholicization of Modernity 97
14. Part III. The Holy War
15. 8. The Clash of Civilizations 103
16. 9. The Clash of Ignorance 131
17. 10. The Bloody Borders of Religion 154
18. 11. Terrorism 171
19. Part IV. The Holy Alliance
20. 12. Dialogue Among Civilizations 189
21. 13. The Catholic Alliance 208
22. 14. The Holy Alliance 221
23. 15. All Roads Lead to Rome 247
24. Conclusion: Religion and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century 271
25. Notes 281
26. Bibliography 315
27. Index 329