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Book Review Religion and Political Power By Gustavo Benavides and MW Daly (eds).
The broad—ranging seminar explored the role played by religion in the emergence of the political life of modern states.
From India and Sri Lanka to the Islamic Republic of Iran, to the resurgence of religious fundamentalism in the United States and its persistence in Israel, the participants discussed the many forms that the tension between religion and the modern state assumes.
Following an introductory chapter which explores the religious articulations of political power, the authors examine the role played by religion in the current political situation in several countries.
The eleven subsequent essays look into the issue of religion and politics in India, Sri Lanka, China, the Soviet Union, the Sudan, Iran, Israel, the United States, Mexico, and Peru.
The book, however, essentially ignores the present religious controversies surrounding the concept of power.