TY - BOOK AU - Esposito L John, Michael Watson TI - Religion and Global Order SN - 9780708315255 AV - BL65.P7 .R45 2000 U1 - 200ESP PY - 2000/// CY - UK PB - University of Wales Press, KW - Religion and politics. . KW - Godsdienst KW - Religion and international relations N1 - 0; 1 copy available on shelf 1 N2 - Religion and Global Order. Has an overview of significance religion , religion's resurgence as a response to the widespread crisis in modernity and secular materialism; transnationalism and the challange to state sovereignty; the diplomatic and political role of the papacy as a global force; the supposed threat of political Islam to global order; the change from the old to the new post-1980 order in three main geopolitical areas- eastrn Europe, the middle East and the thrid world; the failing of the existing dominant order from thre perspectives ER -