Crossing the Gods: World Religions and Worldly Politics

Demerath rides a global highway from South America to the Middle East, India and beyond, discovering the diversity of religious responses to the social and political crises of the contemporary age. This is a brilliant demonstration of a newly emerging global sociology of religion. A journey worth taking, with intellectual rewards every step of the way.–Mark Juergensmeyer “author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence”

Fresh, enriching, challenging: Crossing the Gods is the first truly sociological approach to contemporary world religions and their social and political contexts. A major contribution.–Helen Rose Ebaugh “professor of sociology, University of Houston”

This book is without parallel, a truly comparative perspective on the American religious arrangement. It offers useful and insightful overviews of church-state relations around the world.–Mark Silk “Trinity College, Hartford”