Religion and Societies

Frontmatter -- Preface by the Series Editors -- Introductory Essay / CALDAROLA, CARLO -- PART ONE: Middle East and Central Asia -- Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Islam / AL-YASSINI, AYMAN S. -- Israel: Searching for Identity / DESHEN, SHLOMO -- Egypt: Struggling with Secularization / BARCLAY, HAROLD ?. -- Sudan (North): On the Frontier of Islam / BARCLAY, HAROLD ?. -- Turkey: Islam and Westernization / MARDIN, SERIF -- Iran: Religious Orthodoxy and Heresy in Political Culture / KEDDIE, NIKKI R. -- Soviet Central Asia: A Religious Limbo / SCOTT, KEITH -- PART TWO: South and Southwest Asia -- Pakistan: The Dream of an Islamic State / AHMED, MUNIR D. -- India: The Politicization of a Sacred Society / HIEBERT, PAUL G. -- Sri Lanka: The Evolutionary Dialectics of a Buddhist State / SARAM, P. A. -- Thailand: A Sacred Society in Modern Garb / CALDAROLA, CARLO -- Vietnam: Searching for Integration / RAMBO, ?. TERRY -- Malaysia: Islam in a Pluralistic Society / MEANS, GORDON P. -- Indonesia: Searching for Consensus / HOWELL, JULIA D. -- PART THREE: East Asia -- China: Religion in a Revolutionary Society / PONG, RAYMOND / CALDAROLA, CARLO -- Taiwan: Old Gods and Modern Society / SASO, MICHAEL -- Korea: The Continuing Syncretism / CHUNG, CHAI-SIK -- Japan: Religious Syncretism in a Secular Society / CALDAROLA, CARLO -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects