Holy wars & holy alliance: the return of religion to the global political stage

Introduction

Part I. Modernity and religion. The death of God ; The return of God ; God's revenge

Part II. The resacralization of politics in the 1970s. Religion and power in the 1970s ; The Islamization of the Iranian Revolution ; The geopolitical reinvention of the Holy War ; The Catholicization of modernity

Part III. The Holy War. The clash of civilizations ; The clash of ignorance ; The bloody borders of religion ; Terrorism

Part IV. The holy alliance. Dialogue among civilizations ; The Catholic alliance ; The holy alliance ; All roads lead to Rome

Conclusion: Religion and international politics in the twenty-first century.