Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
About the Book Series
This series aims to publish high quality works on the topic of the resurgence of political forms of religion in both national and international contexts. This trend has been especially noticeable in the post-cold war era (that is, since the late 1980s). It has affected all the ‘world religions’ (including, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism) in various parts of the world (such as, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa).
The series welcomes books that use a variety of approaches to the subject, drawing on scholarship from political science, international relations, security studies, and contemporary history.
Books in the series explore these religions, regions and topics both within and beyond the conventional domain of ‘church-state’ relations to include the impact of religion on politics, conflict and development, including the late Samuel Huntington’s controversial – yet influential – thesis about ‘clashing civilisations’.
In sum, the overall purpose of the book series is to provide a comprehensive survey of what is currently happening in relation to the interaction of religion and politics, both domestically and internationally, in relation to a variety of issues.
Institutional or Ideological Pathways to Muslim Democracy?: Comparative Evidence from Indonesia and Pakistan
1st Edition
By Sohaib Khaliq
April 28, 2026
Institutional or Ideological Pathways to Muslim Democracy? Comparative Evidence from Indonesia and Pakistan examines how religious actors within Muslim societies might become allies in democratization, offering a novel perspective on the dynamic interaction between religious institutions, political...
Evangelical Violence: Christian Nationalism, the Great Commission and a Millennium of “Holy” Warfare
1st Edition
By Christopher Rhodes
February 13, 2026
Evangelical Violence examines the long history of western states and actors attempting to export and impose Christianity on non-western peoples and the use of state-administered violence to achieve these “Evangelical” goals. This book explores the theological underpinnings of western attempts to ...
Political Islam: Movements, Ideologies, and Governance in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Ricardo René Larémont
January 23, 2026
Political Islam: Movements, Ideologies, and Governance in Comparative Perspective is a textbook that offers a comprehensive and accessible exploration of Islamist movements and the diverse political models they have pursued across the modern Muslim world. Bridging theology, political...
When Politics Meets Religion: Navigating Old Challenges and New Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Marko Veković, Miroljub Jevtić
December 26, 2025
When Politics Meets Religion presents a fresh exploration of the relationship between religion and politics worldwide. The volume includes topics covering Europe, such as the European far right, the contours of "European identity", and how religious cleavages affect value orientation of Europeans. ...
Towards A New Christian Political Realism: The Amsterdam School of Philosophy and the Role of Religion in International Relations
1st Edition
By Simon Polinder
November 28, 2025
Towards A New Christian Political Realism presents a new theoretical approach to understanding the role of religion in international relations, considering the strengths of Christian realism, classical realism, and neorealism, as well as the literature about the relevance of religion for IR. The ...
Islamisms: Navigations between the Nation-State and the Caliphate
1st Edition
By Samantha May
November 24, 2025
Islamisms: Navigations between the Nation-State and the Caliphate moves beyond viewing Islamism within the security/terrorism narrative by viewing Islamisms as various forms of postcolonial resistance to Westphalian models of governance, authority, and territorialisations. Islamist movements are in...
Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine
1st Edition
Edited
By Marianna Napolitano, Federico Ruozzi
November 03, 2025
Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine critically analyses the religious and identity-based roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War from a long-term historical perspective. The book traces the elements that render this war not only geopolitical but also a conflict in which religion is ...
Christian Realism and the Revival of Public Theology
1st Edition
By Charles McDaniel
September 26, 2025
Christian Realism and the Revival of Public Theology analyzes Reinhold Niebuhr’s The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness 80 years after publication and argues that it provides pertinent lessons for the contemporary era. This book considers how Niebuhr’s book—as well as his other ...
The End of Roe: The Religious Right’s Regulatory Fight Over Reproductive Rights
1st Edition
By Jeanine E. Kraybill
September 17, 2025
The End of Roe assesses abortion and the American legal and political system in the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In Dobbs, the US Supreme Court held that a woman did not have a constitutional right to terminate ...
Nationalism, Religious Violence, and Hate Speech in Nineteenth-Century Western Europe: Memories of Intolerance
1st Edition
Edited
By Francisco Javier Ramón Solans
August 29, 2025
Nationalism, Religious Violence, and Hate Speech in Nineteenth-Century Western Europe critically analyses the role played by different memories of past religious violence in public debates in nineteenth-century Europe. Looking back, European societies often did not seek to overcome their ...
Anti-Gender Mobilizations, Religion and Politics: An Italian Case Study
1st Edition
By Massimo Prearo
July 31, 2025
This book presents an innovative exploration of the rise of political forces that have coalesced around the anti-gender movement, shaping strategies that advocate novel intersections of religion, politicization of gender and sexuality, and radical and populist rejuvenation of conservative ...
Understanding the Roots of Intractability in Hindu—Muslim Conflicts in India: A Political Analysis
1st Edition
By Chirasree Mukherjee
July 17, 2025
Understanding the Roots of Intractability in Hindu–Muslim Conflicts in India examines why some political conflicts, especially those involving religion, prove difficult to resolve, utilizing the case study of religious conflicts between the Hindus and the Muslims in India. Traditional conflict ...