Politics of Religious Party Change - Islamist and Catholic Parties in Comparative Perspective

"The book addresses the timely question of ideological change and secularization of religious political parties. In a striking comparative analysis, this book traces the similar historical origins of Islamist and Catholic parties in the Middle East and Western Europe, chronicles their conflicts with existing religious authorities, and analyzes their subsequently divergent paths"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Explaining religious party change; 2. Catholic and Islamic religious institutions; 3. Anticlericalism, religious revival, and the rise of religious political identities; 4. The origins of religio-political identity; 5. Intra-party conflict.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

A. Kadir Yildirim is Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Ohio State University.

Zusammenfassung

This book uses comparative analysis to examine ideological change and secularization of religious political parties. It traces the similar historical origins of Islamist and Catholic parties in the Middle East and Western Europe, chronicles their conflicts with existing religious authorities, and analyzes their subsequently divergent paths.

Vorwort

The book examines how religious institutional structures affect Islamist and Catholic political parties in the Middle East and Western Europe.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: A Kadir Yildirim, A. Kadir Yildirim, A. Kadir (Rice University Yildirim
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781009170741
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0917074-1
• Seiten: 320
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Social Th
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung