Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781032161488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 464 str.

Jeffrey Haynes

Opis

This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics. From the United States to the Middle East, from Asia to Africa, and beyond, religion continues to be an important factor in political activity and organisation.

Featuring contributions from an international team of experts, this volume examines the political aspects of the world's major religions, including crucial contemporary issues such as religion and climate change, religion and migration, and religion and war. Each chapter has been updated to reflect the latest developments and thinking in the field, and the handbook also includes new chapters on topics such as religious freedom, religion and populism, proselytizing, humanism and politics, and religious soft power.

The four main themes addressed are:

• World religions and politics

• Religion and governance

• Religion and international relations

• Religion, security and development

References at the end of each chapter guide the reader towards the most up-to-date information on these key topics. This book is an indispensable source of information for students, academics, and the wider public interested in the dynamic relationship between politics and religion.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Religion and Politics in an Era of Uncertainty  Part I: World Religions and Politics  2. Buddhism and Politics  3. Conservative Protestant Political Opinion: A Comparative Perspective  4. The Catholic Church and Catholicism in Global Politics  5. Confucianism: Classical, Neo- and "New"  6. Hindu Nationalism and Politics in India  7. Sunni Islam and Islamism  8. Shia Islam and Politics  9. Religion and Politics in Israel: Boundaries and Values  Part II: Religion and Governance  10. The Politics of International Religious Freedom  11. Religion on the Battlefield  12. Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Comparative Perspective  13. Religion and Political Parties  14. Religion, Politics and Civil Society  15. What is Exceptional about Religion? Major Debates in International Relations, Islamism Studies and Peace and Conflict Research  16. Religion and Anti-immigration Parties in the West: Identitarian Christianism and Exclusivist Secularism  17. The Neglected Interactions of Religion and Nation and How They Shape Politicization of Religion  18. The Interplay among Religion, Politics and Law in Europe: New Challenges and Future Trajectories  19. May I Have a Word with You? Global Patterns of Restrictions on Proselytizing  20. (Secular) Humanism and Politics  Part III: Religion and International Relations  21. Postsecularism and International Relations  22. Integrating Religion into International Relations Theory  23. Religion and Foreign Policy  24. Transnational Religious Actors and International Relations  25. Fighting the Fossil-Fuel Pharaoh: American Jews and Climate Action  Part IV: Religion, Security and Development  26. The Ambivalence of Religious Soft Power  27. When Political Religion is a ‘Good Thing’?: Feminist Storytelling around Less-heard Understandings of ‘Political Religion’  28. Faith-based Organisations and Development  29. Religious Terrorism in Global Politics  30. Religious Peacebuilding

O autorze

Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. His areas of expertise are religion and international relations, religion and politics, democracy and democratisation, development studies, and comparative politics and globalisation. He is the author or editor of more than 50 books. He received the International Studies Association Religion and International Relations Section’s Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Democratization, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Religion, and Series Editor of the book series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics.