Religion and Politics : : European and Global Perspectives / / Johann P. Arnason, Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Arnason, Johann P.,; Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel,
• MitwirkendeR: Arnason, Johann P.,; Cady, Linell E.,; Haynes, Jeffrey,; Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman,; Juergensmeyer, Mark,; Karolewski, Ireneusz Paweł,; Kaya, Ayhan,; Lagerwey, John,; Maslovskiy, Mikhail,; Matlak, Michał,; Porcu, Elisabetta,; Shangin, Nikita,; Černý, Karel,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Annual of European and Global Studies : AEGS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Shows religion and politics to be a key connecting link between European and global affairsGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748691739','ISBN:9780748691746']);Combining theoretical and empirical research, these 12 essays examine the role of religion and its prospects in Europe. On the one hand, the volume discusses growing Islamic presence in Europe as a reminder of enduring religious pluralism, not least in view of the high prominence given to Islamic experience in arguments against over-generalised notions of secularisation. On the other hand, it explores the question of Christian motivated extremism and religious nationalism. Against this background, the contributors discuss the role of religion in other countries throughout the worldincluding China, Japan, Russia and the MENA region.Debates on religion and politics have, to a high degree, focused on contrasts between Europe and other parts of the world; the long-established assumption that modern societies are on a secularising path seemed have a stronger claim to validity in Europe than elsewhere. This book shows that, if European modernity does represent an exit from religion, this historical process and its implications are still very imperfectly understood.Find Out MoreNotes on the contributors"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Religio-political Nexus: Historical and Comparative Reflections -- 3 Politics and Religion in a Global Age -- 4 Comparative Secularisms and the Politics of Modernity -- 5 Europe in the Global Rise of Religious Nationalism -- 6 The European Union's Civil Religion in the Making? -- 7 Democracy, Secularism and Islam in Turkey -- 8 Orthodox Religion and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia -- 9 Religion and Politics, Church and State in Chinese History -- 10 Religion and the State in Contemporary Japan -- 11 Arab Revolutions and Political Islam: A Structural Approach -- 12 Beyond Post-secularism: Religion in Political Analysis (Review Article) -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index