1st Edition
Religion and the Realist Tradition From Political Theology to International Relations Theory and Back
1 Getting theory? Realism and religion in international relations Jodok Troy 2 The influence of the Jewish experience on the Realism of Hans J. Morgenthau Ben Mollov 3. "A Profound Impression:" The influence of Christian thought on the Realist vision of Hans J. Morgenthau Peter Pham 4. Reinhold Niebuhr's Ethical Realism John Carlson 5. Reading Augustine: The potential for moral agency in the realist tradition? Amanda Russel Beattie 6. American Katéchon: When Political Theology Became International Relations Theory Nicolas Guilhot 7. Liberalism's religion problem and the promise of Realism in a religious world Eric Patterson 8. Re-thinking Realism: Normativity, ethics and religion in (what we call) Realism Hartmut Behr 9. The constructive norm constituting power of religion in political Realism Christoph Rohde 10. Obama and "the Muslim World:" Realism, pragmatism and religion in contemporary U.S. foreign policy Erik Owens 11. Religion and the Realist Tradition of International Relations in a constructed world Vendulka Kubalkova 12. One Cheer for Classical Realism, or Toward a Power Politics of Religion Daniel Nexon 13. Conclusion Rebecca Glazier
Biography
Jodok Troy is a lecturer and project leader at the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck. He was as research fellow at the Georgetown University, USA. His most recent publications include Christian Approaches to International Relations and the volume Mission Critical: Smaller Democracies' Role in Global Stability Operations.
