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This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions - Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism - in a variety of contexts, regions and countries.
Relationships between religion, politics and ideology help mould people's attitudes about the way that political systems, both domestically and internationally, are organised and operate. While conceptually separate, religion, politics and ideology often become intertwined and as a result their relationships evolve over time. This volume brings together a number of expert contributors who explore a wide range of topical and controversial issues, including gender, nationalism, communism, fascism, populism and Islamism. Such topics inform the overall aim of the handbook: to provide a comprehensive summary of the relationships between religion, politics and ideology, including basic issues and new approaches.
This handbook is a major research resource for students, researchers and professionals from various disciplinary backgrounds, including religious studies, political science, international relations, and sociology.
List of contents
Introduction: Religion, Politics and Ideology Section 1: Core Issues and Topics 1. Liberal Religion 2. Secularism 3. Atheism and Religion 4. Nationalism, Religion, Ideology 5. Religion and Gender 6. Life After Communism: Contemporary Orthodoxy, Politics and Society in Eastern Europe 7. The Radical Right in Europe: Cultural Shifts and Religious Nativism 8. Caught in Mid-Stream: Islamism in the Transition from Politics of Piety to Formal Politics Section 2: New Debates and Controversies 9. Religion Between Ethics and Ideology 10. Religion and the Ideology of Populism 11. Anarchism and Religion 12. Religion and the Alt-Right 13. Making Sense of Salafism: Theological Foundations, Ideological Iterations, and Political Manifestations 14. Buddhist Nationalism 15. Christianism 16. Evangelicals and Ideology—Transnational or Local? Examining the Case of Latin American Evangelicals Section 3: Country Case Studies 17. Italy 18. A World Awakening: American Evangelicalism and Late-War Order 19. Russia: Orthodox Christianity 20. Religious Fundamentalism, Liberal Nationalism, and Sectarian Solidarity Among Lebanese 21. Politics, Identity and Religion in Turkey: From Atatürk to the AKP 22. Iran: Construction of a Shia Political Ideology in the Modern Age 23. Religion and Ideology in Sri Lanka: Buddhism 24. Hinduism, Hindutva, and Ideology 25. Israelization of Judaism
About the author
Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK. His areas of expertise are religion and international relations, religion and politics, democracy and democratisation, development studies, and comparative politics and globalisation. His publications include more than 50 books, most recently: Trump and the Politics of Neo-Nationalism (2021), Religion, Conflict and Post-Secular Politics (2020), and The Routledge Handbook to Religion and Political Parties (ed. 2020).
Summary
This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions — Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism — in a variety of contexts, regions and countries.
