1st Edition

Religion and Politics in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Edited By Jeffrey Haynes Copyright 2010
272 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In the early twenty-first century, it is now clear that religion is increasingly influential in the political realm in ways which call into question the principles and practices of secularism. The Iranian revolution of 1978-9 marked the decisive ‘reappearance’ of political religion in global politics, highlighting a major development which is the subject of this edited volume. Addressing a... Read more

1. Religion and Politics in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Jeffrey Haynes  Citizenship  2. Church, State, and the Politics of Citizenship: A Comparative Study of 19 Western Democracies Michael Minkenberg  3. The Orthodox Church and Greek-Turkish Relations: Religion as Source of Rivalry or Conciliation? Ioannis N. Grigoriadis  Secularisation  4. Religion and Secularism in Israel: Between Politics and Sub-Politics Guy Ben-Porat  5. Between mediation and commitment: The Catholic Church and the Basque conflict Xabier Itçaina  6. E. Unum Pluribus: The role of religion in the project of European integration John T. S. Madeley  Democracy  7. Political Islam and Islamic Capital: The case of Turkey Isik Özel  8. The Jamiat al-Adl wal-Ihsan: Religion, Political Opposition and Stalled Democratisation in Morocco Francesco Cavatorta  9. The Church in Opposition: Religious Actors, Lobbying and Catholic Voters in Italy Luigi Ceccarini  10. Morality Politics in a Catholic Democracy: A Hard Road Towards Liberalization of Gay Rights in Poland Anja Hennig

Biography

Jeffrey Haynes is Associate Head of Department (Research and Postgraduate Studies) and Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK.