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.
Religion, Conflict and Post-Secular Politics
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Haynes
September 30, 2021
This book identifies and examines the political activities of selected religious actors, in both domestic and international contexts, in relation to democracy, human rights and civilisational interactions. And it asks why, how and when do selected religious actors seek to influence political ...
Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Jens Koehrsen, Andreas Heuser
June 30, 2021
Exploring faith-based organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies of Christian FBOs and assesses the vital role credited to FBOs in current discourses on development.Examining the engagement of FBOs with ...
War and Religion in the Secular Age: Faith and Interstate Armed Conflict Onset
1st Edition
By Davis Brown
June 30, 2021
Is religion a factor in initiating interstate armed conflict, and do different religions have different effects? Breaking new ground in political science, this book explores these questions both qualitatively and quantitively, concluding that the answer is yes.Previous studies have focused on ...
Racialization, Islamophobia and Mistaken Identity: The Sikh Experience
1st Edition
By Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Hardeep Singh
April 01, 2021
Exploring the issue of Islamophobic attacks against Sikhs since 9/11, this book explains the historical, religious and legal foundations and frameworks for understanding race hate crime against the Sikh community in the UK.Focusing on the backlash that Sikhs in the UK have faced since 9/11, the ...
Free Speech, Religion and the United Nations: The Political Struggle to Define International Free Speech Norms
1st Edition
By Heini í Skorini
March 31, 2021
This book explores the political struggle to interpret and define the meaning, the scope and the implications of human rights norms in general and freedom of expression in particular. From the Rushdie affair and the Danish cartoon affair to the Charlie Hebdo massacre and draconian legislation ...
Islam, Liberalism, and Ontology: A Critical Re-evaluation
1st Edition
By Joseph J. Kaminski
March 31, 2021
This book offers comparative ontologies of both Islam and liberalism as discourses more broadly construed. The author argues that, despite recent efforts to speak of overlapping consensuses and discursive congruence, the fundamental categories that constitute "Islam" and "Liberalism" remain very ...
Religion in the Era of Postsecularism
1st Edition
Edited
By Uchenna Okeja
March 31, 2021
Exploring the viability of new perspectives on secularisation and the idea of postsecularism, this book reflects on their relevance when considered in the context of different societies within and outside the West.The topic of secularisation has been recently reconsidered by prominent theorists, ...
Contested Holy Cities: The Urban Dimension of Religious Conflicts
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Dumper
December 18, 2020
Examining contestation and conflict management within holy cities, this book provides both an overview and a range of options available to those concerned with this increasingly urgent phenomenon.In cities in India, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, we can see examples where religion plays a ...
Modern Papal Diplomacy and Social Teaching in World Affairs
1st Edition
Edited
By Mariano P. Barbato, Robert J. Joustra, Dennis R. Hoover
December 18, 2020
This comprehensive collection offers a concise introduction to the institutional framework of the Holy See, conceptualizing papal agency and positions from a range of international theory perspectives. The authors – international scholars from political science, history, and religious studies – ...
The Politics of New Atheism
1st Edition
By Stuart McAnulla, Steven Kettell, Marcus Schulzke
December 18, 2020
New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions. This book analyses the political ...
Religious NGOs at the United Nations: Polarizers or Mediators?
1st Edition
Edited
By Claudia Baumgart-Ochse, Klaus Dieter Wolf
August 14, 2020
Examining the involvement of religious NGOs (RNGOs) at the UN, this book explores whether they polarize political debates at the UN or facilitate agreement on policy issues.The number of RNGOs engaging with the United Nations (UN) has grown considerably in recent years: RNGOs maintain relations ...
Religious Responses to Marriage Equality
1st Edition
By Luke Perry
August 14, 2020
The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a 20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marry reflected growing social acceptance and political rights for gays and lesbians. At the same time, ...