Religion and politics in the United States / K. W. Thompson -- Revolution, counterrevolution, and the Catholic Church in Chile / P. E. Sigmund -- The politics of religion in revolutionary Nicaragua / M. Dodson -- Religion, legitimacy, and conflict in Nigeria / H. Bienen -- Religion and state in Libya / L. Anderson -- Iran's religious regime / W. O. Beeman -- The religious right in the state of Israel / A. Hertzberg -- India: religion, political legitimacy, and the secular state / R. Buultjens -- Religion and state in Germany / J. Moltmann -- An open issue of legitimacy: the state and the church in Poland / Z. Walaszek -- The Russian Orthodox Church and the Soviet state / P. Walters -- Religion in post-Mao China / M. Goldman.