Єленський В. Велике повернення: релігія у глобальній політиці та міжнародних відносинах кінця XX - початку XXI століття. Львів: Вид-во УКУ, 2013. - 504 с. Viktor Elensky's book "The Great Return: Religion in Global Politics and International Relations of the late XX - early XXI Centuries" is devoted to the most relevant trends in the religious sphere that have been taking place in the world over the past 40-50 years. These are interrelated processes: desecularization, deprivation, and the return of religion to the public sphere. The author does not go into the nuances of the discussions of sociologists of religion, known as the secularization debate, although he allows himself to briefly outline the sociological theories of religion of the last quarter of a century (pp. 71-98, 196-205). At the same time, V. Elensky mentions many concepts of religion, but he does this not in the context of revealing the history of religious studies (the sociology of religion), but in the context of describing the history of religion's return to public life in America and Europe, the role of religion in the formation of political nations, and understanding globalization as one of the factors of desecularization. page 415In fact, the very statement of the question of the great return of religion to the global stage, according to the author, is connected with the Islamic explosion, the evangelical boom, the Catholic awakening and the surge of new religious movements. Turning to the topic of Islamization, the author focuses primarily on the already classic example of the influence of Islam on social and political life - the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979. In addition, his book deals with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Wahhabis, and mentions September 11, 2001. The evangelical boom refers to the "fourth evangelical awakening" that the United States experienced after World War II, which was manifested in an increase in the influence of Protestant conservatives and fundamentalists on public ... Читать далее