Religion and Human Security: A Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780199827756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 344 str.

Clark Wellman

Opis

Since the1950s the world has witnessed a period of extraordinary religious revival in which religious political parties and non-governmental organizations have gained power around the globe. At the same time, the international community has come to focus on the challenge of promoting global human security. This groundbreaking book explores how these trends are interacting. In theoretical essays and case studies from Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, the Americas, Africa and Europe, the contributors address such crucial questions as: Under what circumstances do religiously motivated actors advance or harm human welfare? Do certain state policies tend to promote security-enhancing behavior among religious groups? The book concludes by providing important suggestions to policymakers about how to factor the influence of religion into their evaluation of a population's human security and into programs designed to improve human security around the globe.

Recenzje

this volume offers an important contribution to the study of the new field of human security, introducing this important concept to scholars of religion. Its strongest suit, however, is not its sketchy contribution to the theoretical links between religion and human security, but rather the impressively wide array it presents of relationships between religious actors and political regimes.

O autorze

James K. Wellman is Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. Clark Lombardi is Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Washington.