Stephen V. Monsma is a senior research fellow at the Henry Institute, Calvin College, and professor of political science emeritus at Pepperdine University.

Offers a new framework for understanding how religion and nationalism interact across diverse countries and religious traditions.

1. A theory of religion and nationalism; 2. United States: stable civil-religious nationalism; 3. Israel: unstable civil-religious nationalism; 4. Greece: stable religious nationalism; 5. Malaysia: unstable religious nationalism; 6. Uruguay: stable secular nationalism; 7. India: unstable secular nationalism; 8. Pitfalls and opportunities on the religious path to nationalism; Bibliography; Index.