Fox Jonathan (Bar Ilan University Israel) - An Introduction To Religion And Politics Theory And Practice - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion and politics and provides students with an accessible in - depth guide to the subject's most significant debates issues and methodologies. It begins by asking the basic questions of how social scientists see religion and why religion remains relevant to politics in the modern era. Fox examines the influence of religious identity beliefs institutions and legitimacy on politics and surveys important approaches and issues found in the literature on religion and politics. Four new chapters on religious policy around the world political secularism and religious freedom and human rights have been added to fully revised content covering religious identity rational choice approaches to religious politics worldviews beliefs doctrines ideologies institutions and political mobilization fundamentalism secularization and religion and conflict. This work will be essential reading for all students of religion and politics comparative politics international relations and security studies.
Title: An Introduction To Religion And Politics Theory And Practice
Author(s): Fox Jonathan (Bar Ilan University Israel)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138740105
Pages: 252 Pages, 14 Tables, Black And White; 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And
Publication Date: 2/21/2018
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
Category: Politics & Government