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1. Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics

   Edited by Jeff Haynes

   From the United States to the Middle East, Asia and Africa, religion has become an increasingly important factor in political activity and organisation. This Handbook provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics. Featuring contributions from an international team...

   Published August 8th 2010 by Routledge
2. Political Islam

   A Critical Reader

   Edited by Frederic Volpi

   As the topic of political Islam gains increased visibility in international politics and current affairs, it has become more difficult to navigate the vast literature that is devoted to explaining this phenomenon. This reader provides the student with an accessible and comprehensive introduction to...

   Published September 28th 2010 by Routledge
3. Religion and Politics in South Asia

   Edited by Ali Riaz

   Religion and religio-political forces have become potent influences in the domestic politics of many countries irrespective of geographical location, stages of economic growth, and systems of governance. The growing importance of religion as a marker of identity and a tool of political mobilization...

   Published February 21st 2010 by Routledge
4. Muslims in the West after 9/11

   Religion, Politics and Law

   Edited by Jocelyne Cesari

   Series: Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security

   This book is the first systematic attempt to study the situation of European and American Muslims after 9/11, and to present a comprehensive analysis of their religious, political, and legal situations. Since 9/11, and particularly since the Madrid and London bombings of 2004 and 2005, the Muslim...

   Published November 17th 2009 by Routledge
5. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics

   The British Experience

   By Tahir Abbas

   The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Mawlana Mawdudi and Political Islam

   Authority and the Islamic state

   By Roy Jackson

   Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world, whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. He was not only an Islamic scholar, but also a journalist and political activist...

   Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
7. Global Political Islam

   2nd Edition

   By Peter Mandaville

   This book offers an accessible and comprehensive account of political Islam in the twenty-first century. Drawing on insights from comparative politics, sociology, international relations and Islamic studies, it explains the complex interaction between political Islam, nationalism, state and...

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
8. Man's Dominion

   The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights

   By Sheila Jeffreys

   In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women’s human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy. Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism,...

   Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge
9. Muslims in Britain

   Making Social and Political Space

   Edited by Waqar Ahmad, Ziauddin Sardar

   The management of social, religious and ethnic diversity is a key social policy concern in Britain, and Muslims in particular have become a focus of attention in recent years. This timely and topical volume examines the position of Muslims in Britain and how they are changing and making social,...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge