1st Edition
When Politics Meets Religion Navigating Old Challenges and New Perspectives
When Politics Meets Religion presents a fresh exploration of the relationship between religion and politics worldwide.
The volume includes topics covering Europe such as the European far right, the contours of “European identity”, and how religious cleavages affect value orientation of Europeans. It also covers country-focused issues and events, such as the influence of Orthodox Christianity in Russia, Christian nationalism in the United States, the influence of religion on Turkish foreign policy, the political role of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Chinese attitudes towards religious deprivatization, and how liberation theology found its way from Latin America to the Holy Land. The volume is supplemented with several analyzes on the intersection between law, society, and religion. It deals with religious mediation and political conflicts, how the current religious governance in France affects the Orthodox Jewish community, as well as how taxing the church's economic activities can be a contributor to the common good, and why Muslims should treat Sharia law as only a moral code in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Through rigorous research, case studies, and critical analysis, this volume explains how religion and politics mix in different settings, and why it is important for us to study this complex relationship. The volume will appeal to scholars and graduate students of political science and religious studies, as well as interested professionals working for NGOs or governments.
1. Studying Religion and Politics in the Aftermath of Widespread Religious Revival
Jeffrey Haynes
2. Religion and Politics in Contemporary Russia: Entanglements, Identity Making and Nation Building
Tobias Koellner
3. Religious Contra-Identities within the Political Rhetoric of the European Far Right
Kirsten Smeets
4. Religion and the Contours of “European” Identity
François Foret, James L. Guth and Brent F. Nelsen
5. Religious Cleavage and Value Orientations in Europe
Miloš Bešić
6. Christian Nationalism, Civic Republicanism, and Radical Secularism in Contemporary American Politics
Corwin E. Smidt
7. Modern Turkey's Centennial: Using Religion and Religious Structures as an Influencer in Foreign Policy
Istar Gözaydın and Ahmet Erdi Oztürk
8. Is the Roman Catholic Church’s Political Influence in the Philippines Declining? A Postmortem Analysis of the 2022 National Elections
Arvin D. Eballo
9. Chinese Attitudes toward Religious Deprivatization and Its Determinants
Dao Zhou
10. Liberation Theology: From Latin American to the Holy Land
Yousef M. Y. Aljamal
11. Religion, Mediation, and Political Conflict
Zachary Calo
12. Laïcité, Public Governance of Religion and the Orthodox Jews in France
Frédéric Strack
13. “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God’s”, But what about the People? Taxing of Church’s Economic Activities as a Contributor to the Common Good
Marko Tmušić
14. Progressive Islamic Interpretation of Tradition: Why Should Muslims threat Sharia Law only as a Moral Code in the Context of Universal Human Rights?
Ajla Čustović
Biography
Marko Veković is Associate Professor of Religion and Politics in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Miroljub Jevtić is retired Full Professor of Religion and Politics in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He is founder and editor-in-chief of the Politics and Religion Journal. He is currently appointed as Ambassador of Serbia in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
