This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics. From the United States to the Middle East, from Asia to Africa, and beyond, religion continues to be an important factor in political activity and organisation.
Featuring contributions from an international team of experts, this volume examines the political aspects of the world's major religions, including crucial contemporary issues such as religion and climate change, religion and migration, and religion and war. Each chapter has been updated to reflect the latest developments and thinking in the field, and the handbook also includes new chapters on topics such as religious freedom, religion and populism, proselytizing, humanism and politics, and religious soft power.
The four main themes addressed are:
World religions and politics Religion and governance Religion and international relations Religion, security and development
References at the end of each chapter guide the reader towards the most up-to-date information on these key topics. This book is an indispensable source of information for students, academics, and the wider public interested in the dynamic relationship between politics and religion.
1. Introduction: Religion and Politics in an Era of Uncertainty Part I:
World Religions and Politics
2. Buddhism and Politics
3. Conservative
Protestant Political Opinion: A Comparative Perspective
4. The Catholic
Church and Catholicism in Global Politics
5. Confucianism: Classical, Neo-
and "New"
6. Hindu Nationalism and Politics in India
7. Sunni Islam and
Islamism
8. Shia Islam and Politics
9. Religion and Politics in Israel:
Boundaries and Values Part II: Religion and Governance
10. The Politics of
International Religious Freedom
11. Religion on the Battlefield
12.
Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Comparative Perspective
13. Religion and
Political Parties
14. Religion, Politics and Civil Society
15. What is
Exceptional about Religion? Major Debates in International Relations,
Islamism Studies and Peace and Conflict Research
16. Religion and
Anti-immigration Parties in the West: Identitarian Christianism and
Exclusivist Secularism
17. The Neglected Interactions of Religion and Nation
and How They Shape Politicization of Religion
18. The Interplay among
Religion, Politics and Law in Europe: New Challenges and Future Trajectories
19. May I Have a Word with You? Global Patterns of Restrictions on
Proselytizing
20. (Secular) Humanism and Politics Part III: Religion and
International Relations
21. Postsecularism and International Relations
22.
Integrating Religion into International Relations Theory
23. Religion and
Foreign Policy
24. Transnational Religious Actors and International Relations
25. Fighting the Fossil-Fuel Pharaoh: American Jews and Climate Action Part
IV: Religion, Security and Development
26. The Ambivalence of Religious Soft
Power
27. When Political Religion is a Good Thing?: Feminist Storytelling
around Less-heard Understandings of Political Religion
28. Faith-based
Organisations and Development
29. Religious Terrorism in Global Politics
30.
Religious Peacebuilding
Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. His areas of expertise are religion and international relations, religion and politics, democracy and democratisation, development studies, and comparative politics and globalisation. He is the author or editor of more than 50 books. He received the International Studies Association Religion and International Relations Sections Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Democratization, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Religion, and Series Editor of the book series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics.
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