Transnational Religion And Fading States Author:Susanne H Rudolph, James Piscatori Focusing on the dilution of state sovereignty, this book examines how the crossing of state boundaries by religious movements leads to the formation of transnational civil society. Challenging the notion of a "clash of civilizations," it looks to the micro-origins of conflicts and the dual potential of religious movements as sources of peace and... more » security as well as of violent conflict. Contributors draw examples from a variety of regions and world religions and consider self-generated movements from "below" as well as centralized forms of organization and patterns of diffusion from above. Together they illustrate how religion as bearer of the politics of meaning has filled the space left by the decline of ideology, which has created a novel transnational space for world politics.« less