1st Edition
When Politics Meets Religion Navigating Old Challenges and New Perspectives
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. Religious Governance and Political Evolution: A Historical Analysis of Turkey’s Diyanet in Shaping State–Religion Relations
Istar Gözaydın and Ahmet Erdi Oztürk
8. Is the 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. Aljamal
11. Religion, Mediation, and Political Conflict
Zachary R. 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 Treat 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.
