The Meek and the Militant: Religion and Power Across the World

ISBN-13: 9781931859240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 260 str.

Paul N. Siegel

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Everyone knows that Marx wrote, -religion is the opium of the people, - but all too frequently this aphorism is regarded as exhausting what he and Engels had to say on the subject. In fact, they presented a penetrating critique of religion that explains its origin and persistence.--from the prefaceThis classic volume sheds much-needed light on a topic of renewed interest: the impact of religion on politics, whether Islam in the Middle East or right-wing Christian fundamentalism in North America.Paul Siegel (1916-2004), a writer and activist, published numerous books on literature and politics, including Shakespeare in His Time and Ours (1968).