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'Religion and Politics in Spain: The Spanish Church in Transition, 1962-96' by Audrey Brassloff is reviewed.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Region, Religion and Politics -- Chapter 2: Punjab: State, Society, Demography and Economy -- Chapter 3: Communal Consciousness and Identity in Colonial Era -- Chapter 4: Gurdwara Reform Movement and Shiromani Akali Dal -- Chapter 5: Akali Dal and the National Movement -- Chapter 6: Punjabi Suba Movement -- Chapter 7: Akali Politics in Reorganized Punjab (1967-1980) -- Chapter 8: Sikh Ethno-Nationalism, Akali Dal and Operation Blue Star -- Chapter 9: Punjab Accord and Elections -- Chapter 10: Post-Accord Insurgency and the Akali Response -- Chapter 11: Post-Militancy Return of Moderation -- Chapter 12: New Generation and Dynastic Politics -- Chapter 13: Akali Dal at 100: Trends and Challenges -- Chapter 14: Conclusion: Identity Politics and Accommodation -- Appendices -- 1: List of Abbreviations -- 2: Glossary -- 3: 100 Years of SAD: Timeline -- 4: Prominent Leaders who Steered, Influenced or Swayed Akali Politics -- 5: Akali Dal Factions -- References and Bibliography -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Essay 1 -- Is Northern Europe Still the Last Bastion of Liberal Tolerance? -- Essay 2 -- Irshad Manji on Faith, Freedom, Human Rights and Love: Why Opposing Religion via a Politico-Secular Discourse is a Blunder -- Essay 3 -- Some Distinctions on Christian and Secular Humanism -- Essay 4 -- An Imaginary Conversation on Myth, Reason and Religion between Plato and Joseph Campbell at an Athens Café -- Essay 5 -- The Immigrant "Other" in US and EU Politico-Religious Experiences: A Comparative Perspective -- Essay 6 -- Eight Scholars' Views (Dante, Husserl, Levinas, Dawson, Weiler, Habermas, Eisenstadt and Troeltsch) on the Loss of European Spiritual Identity -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- Essay 7 -- The Corruption of Religion: Russia's Military-Ecclesiastical Complex -- Essay 8 -- Corruption and the Self-Destruction of Democracy -- Essay 9 -- Pope Francis's Urgent Warning on the Dangers of Populism -- Essay 10 -- White Supremacy in the White House: Rooted in a Dark Theory of History -- Essay 11 -- Power without Moral Compass: Caligula, Trump, Pius XIII, and Machiavelli -- Essay 12 -- Honor, Ethics, Shame, Guilt and Civilization -- Essay 13 -- A New World Order: The End of Pax Americana and Putin's Enigmatic New Russianness -- Essay 14 -- Democracy: The Missing Ingredient in the Bannon/Dugin Concept of Eurasianism -- Essay 15 -- The Stubborn Facts on Eurocentrism: Nostalgia for the Cold War, Misinformation, and the Russian National Identity Discourse -- Essay 16 -- The Nightmare of Modern Democracy in the Age of Alternate Facts: A Sickness unto Death? -- Essay 17 -- Pope Francis's Critique of Bannon's Views on Christianity -- Essay 18 -- Darkness at Twilight: The Devil's Bargain in American Politics? -- About the Author -- Index -- Blank Page

"The main purpose of the book is to advocate the moral and . imperative character of a citizen's duty to the state."-Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.