1st Edition

Religion and Politics

By Myron J. Aronoff Copyright 1983
145 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

This third volume in the outstanding series makes important new contributions to our understanding of the process whereby individuals and groups attribute meanings to the political structures and communities they create or inherit. Avoiding simplistic distinctions between religion and politics, each of these essays suggests more satisfactory ways of approaching the complex nature of these dynamic... Read more
Introduction, 1 Religion, the State and Politics 2 The Bible in the American Political Tradition 3 The Dilemma of Reconciling Traditional, Cultural and Political Needs: Civil Religion in Israel 4 Gush Emunim: The Institutionalisation of a Charismatic, Messianic, Religious-Political Revitalization Movement in Israel 5 Religion and Countermobilization in the Iranian Revolution 6 Harakat Amal (The Movement of Hope).

Biography

Myron J. Aronoff is a Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University.