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Investigates ethnic conflicts in Africa and discusses how they are a result of calculated tyranny, not age-old hatred.

Presents regional essays, country reports, statistical summaries, and world press articles that provide information about the countries of Africa ; and includes a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.

Presents comprehensive background information and statistics that examine social, political, and economic issues in various regions of Africa including post-Apartheid in South Africa and the fight to save the rainforests in the Congo.

Gives practical strategies and suggestions for understanding the cult phenomenon and helping cult members break free.

An account of the author's experiences while serving as bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times in Nairobi.

Explores questions surrounding religion's role in contemporary public life. Illustrates that absolute answers to questions about the complex relationship between religious faith and American democracy often obscure as much as they illuminate. Contributors represent a variety of religious and political perspectives. Dionne is senior fellow in governmental studies at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for the Washington Post, contributor to NPR. DiIulio is professor of politics, religion, and civil society, and professor of political science, at the University of Pennsylvania; a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute..

A special Gallup survey revealed the 100 questions that Americans most wanted answered. 400 leading experts in their respective fields here provide their responses.