: religious movements and social welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States
/ Nancy J. Davis , Robert V. Robinson.
Bloomington
: Indiana University Press
, c2012.
xvi, 214 p.
; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-201) and index.
Contesting the state by bypassing it -- The Muslim brotherhood: building a state within a state in Egypt -- The Sephardi Torah guardians: penetrating the Israeli state to circumvent it -- Comunione e liberazione: laying the building blocks of a parallel Christian society in Italy -- The Salvation Army USA: doing good to hasten the second coming.