The Political Dimensions of Religion

This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics. It brings a varied sample of richly detailed comparative and case studies together with a set of analytical paradigms in an integrated framework. It is a major statement on a timely subject, and a plea for the acknowledgment of normative pluralism as firmly rooted in the history of religion. The editor shows that the fact of political diversity in the history of world religions compels the acceptance of pluralism as a normative principle.

About the author

Saïd Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and Director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author and editor of many books, including Social Theory and Regional Studies in the Global Age and (with Nathan J. Brown) The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran, both also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Assisted by: Said Amir Arjomand (Editor), Saïd Amir Arjomand (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.1993
• EAN: 9780791415580
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1558-0
• No. of pages: 293
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Co; SUNY Series in Contemporary Co; Suny Near Eastern Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Soziologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, Religion - World Religions