E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten
Fox An Introduction to Religion and Politics
2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-72918-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Theory and Practice
E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
ISBN: 978-1-351-72918-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject’s most significant debates, issues, and methodologies.
It begins by asking the basic questions of how social scientists see religion and why religion remains relevant to politics in the modern era. Fox examines the influence of religious identity, beliefs, institutions and legitimacy on politics, and surveys important approaches and issues found in the literature on religion and politics. Four new chapters on religious policy around the world, political secularism, and religious freedom and human rights have been added to fully revised content covering religious identity, rational choice approaches to religious politics worldviews, beliefs, doctrines, ideologies, institutions and political mobilization, fundamentalism, secularization, and religion and conflict.
This work will be essential reading for all students of religion and politics, comparative politics, international relations, and security studies.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: Introduction
Approaches to the Study of Religion and Politics
A Social Science Approach to Religion
The Religion and State Dataset
Religious Discrimination vs. Religious Freedom
A Note on Methodology and Citations
Conclusions
Chapter 2: Secularization and Functionalism: Predictions of Religion’s Decline, and Irrelevance
Classic Secularization Theory
Religion's Resurgence?
The Evolution of Secularization Theory
Moving Past Secularization Theory
Functionalism
Critiques of Functionalism
Religion as a Tool vs. as an Independent Force in Political Science Theory
The Doctrine of Religion’s Irrelevance
Secularization, Functionalism, Religion and Political Science Theory
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 3: Religious Identity
Is Religious Identity Unique?
The Origins of Religious Identity in Politics
Religious Identity and Tolerance
Religious Identity and Democracy
Religious Identity and Conflict
Political Opinions, Voting, and Beyond
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 4: Religious Worldviews, Beliefs, Doctrines, and Theologies
Religion as a Basis for Understanding the World
Religious Rules and Standards of Behavior
Political Manifestations of Religious Worldviews Beliefs and Ideologies
Religious Actors
Belief vs. Identity
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 5: Religious Legitimacy
Religion as a Justification for Anything
The Evolving Role of Religious Legitimacy in Government
The Political Uses of Religious Legitimacy
The Limits of Religious Legitimacy Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 6: Religious Institutions and Political Mobilization
Religious Institutions and Political Resource Mobilization
Religion and the "Free Rider" Problem
The Downside of Religious-Based Mobilization
When Do Religious Institutions Mobilize?
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 7: Rational Religion
Functionalism and Rational Choice
The Supply Side Theory
Religious Liberty and Rational Calculation
The Interests of Religious Institutions
Rational Actor Theories in Perspective
Religion and the Economy
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 8: Religious Fundamentalism
What is Fundamentalism?
Why is Fundamentalism Politically Relevant?
Radicals, Extremists, and Deviants?
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 9: Religion and Conflict
Religious Worldviews, Beliefs, Doctrines, and Ideologies
Religious Legitimacy
Religious Institutions
Fundamentalists and Violent Conflict
Religious Terror
Messianic Violence
Recruitment
Are Religious Conflicts Different?
Religion and Peace
It is Not Just Religion
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 10: Government Religion Policy 1: Official Policies and Supporting Religion
What is Government Policy?
Official Policy
Motivations for Supporting Religion
Types of Support for Religion
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 11: Government Religion Policy 2: Restrictions, Regulation, Control and Discrimination
Regulation, Restriction, and Control
Religious Discrimination in Theory
Religious Discrimination in Practice
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 12: Political Secularism
What do "Secular" and Secularism Mean?
Defining Political Secularism
Families of Political Secular Ideologies
Secular-Religious Competition
A Complex Competition
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 13: Religious Freedom
Official Religious Freedom
The Multiple Meanings of Religious Freedom
The Complexity of Religious Freedom
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 14: Religion in International Relations
Secularization, and Ignoring Religion
Religious Identity
Religious Legitimacy
Religious Institutions and Mobilization
Transnational Religious Institutions and other Religious Actors
Transnational Religious Issues and Phenomena
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Religious Worldviews, Ideologies and Beliefs
Conclusions
Discussion Questions
Further Readings
Chapter 15: Conclusions
Linking Theory and Practice
A Theoretical Framework to Comprehend Religion and Politics
