Religion is resurgent across the globe. In many countries it is a powerful source of political mobilization, and in some, potent social cleavage. In some, religion reinforces the state, while in others, it provides the space for resistance. This book contains a series of detailed studies examining religion and politics in specific countries or regions. The studies include countries with one dominant religious tradition, and others with two or more competing traditions. They encompass Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Shinto, and Buddhism. They involve states where religion and politics are closely linked, and others with at least a basic separation between church and state.
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"Jelen and Wilcox present a valuable collection of 14 essays dealing with the interaction between religion and politics in select countries.... [S]ocial scientists and political theorists will find much of value to assist them as they explore the social interplay between convictions of faith and affairs of state. Highly recommended." Choice
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In 2000, religion is resurgent across the globe. In many countries religion is a powerful source of political mobilization, and in some a potent social cleavage. In some religion reinforces the state, in others it provides the space for resistance. This book contains a series of detailed studies examining religion and politics in specific countries or regions. The cases include countries with one dominant religious tradition, and others with two or more competing traditions. They include Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Shinto, and Buddhism. They include states where religion and politics are closely linked, and others with at least a low wall of separation between church and state.
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"Fifty years ago, many social scientists assumed that ""religion in the modern world was declining and would likely to continue to decline until its eventual disappearance"" (Casanova 1994, p. 25)." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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"Fifty years ago, many social scientists assumed that ""religion in the modern world was declining and would likely to continue to decline until its eventual disappearance"" (Casanova 1994, p. 25)." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traditional clerics, religious competition, religious competitors, religious mobilization, dominant religious traditions, religious politics, religious defense, religious citizens, religious variables, official church teaching, territorial nationalism, uniform civil code, religious monopolies, modern left Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Catholic Church, United States, New York, Latin America, Central America, South America, Middle East, Jana Sangh, Western Europe, Princeton University Press, University of Chicago Press, Oxford University Press, Modern Orthodox, Clyde Wilcox, Supreme Court, Church of England, Moral Majority, New Brunswick, Cambridge University Press, Fianna Fail, World War, University of California Press, Rios Montt, Assembly of Experts, European Union New!
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- Rethinking Protestantism in Latin America by Virginia Garrard-Burnett on 5 pages
- The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Five Democracies (Religious Forces in the Modern Political World) by Stephen V. Monsma on 4 pages
- Modernization and Postmodernization by Ronald Inglehart on page 65, page 92, and page 94
- Onward Christian Soldiers: The Religious Right in American Politics (Dilemmas in American Politics) by Clyde Wilcox in Front Matter, and page 313
- The New Christian Right: Mobilization and Legitimation by Robert Wuthnow on page 312, and page 313
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- Religion and Politics in the International System Today by Eric O. Hanson on page 48, page 130, and page 267
- The Catholic Church and the Nation-State: Comparative Perspectives (Religion and Politics series) by Paul Christopher Manuel in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- World Religions and Democracy (A Journal of Democracy Book) by Larry Diamond on page 116
- The Peoples Of Las Vegas: One City, Many Faces (Shepperson Series in Nevada History) by Jerry L Simich in Back Matter
- Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics) by Joel S. Fetzer in Back Matter
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