Religion in Global Politics

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One of the most resilient ideas about societal development after World War II was that nations would inevitably secularise as they modernised. However, as we come to the end of the 'secular' twentieth century, it is obvious that religion continues to be an important factor in politics around the world. The author examines the continuing importance of religion, focusing upon the regions of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

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Cover 2
Half Title 3
Title 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
Acknowledgements 9
1 Introduction 11
- Religion and politics defined 14
- Church and State in comparative perspective 16
- Explaining religious deprivatization 22
- Conclusion 29
2 The United States of America: bucking the trend of Western secularization? 30
- Civil religion and Church–State relations 31
- Religious pluralism and politics 33
- Secularization and politics in America 37

Cover 2
Half Title 3
Title 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
Acknowledgements 9
1 Introduction 11
- Religion and politics defined 14
- Church and State in comparative perspective 16
- Explaining religious deprivatization 22
- Conclusion 29
2 The United States of America: bucking the trend of Western secularization? 30
- Civil religion and Church–State relations 31
- Religious pluralism and politics 33
- Secularization and politics in America 37
- The New Christian Right 38
- US Catholicism: from private to public denomination 43
- The Nation of Islam 47
- Conclusion 50
3 Latin America: Catholic hegemony under attack 52
- Catholic Church–State relations 53
- The Medellín conference and the popular Church 56
- Base Christian communities 58
- Ideological conflict in the Catholic Church in the 1980s 59
- The evangelical Protestant challenge 61
- Protestants and politics 66
- Conclusion 71
4 Western Europe: secularization and the religious response 73
- Church–State relations 74
- Churches and secularization 75
- Case studies 78
- Resisting secularization: religion and politics in Northern Ireland and among Muslims in Western Europe 85
- Conclusion 94
5 Eastern Europe: from communism to belief 96
- Church and State during the communist era 99
- Religion and nationalism in the USSR’s satellites 101
- Churches and opposition in Poland, East Germany and Russia 102
- Conclusion 113
6 Africa: religious competition and State power 115
- Religion and politics during the colonial era 115
- Church–State relations: 1960s to 1980s 119
- Religion and democratic change 125
- National Muslim organizations and political change 129
- Conclusion 133
7 The Middle East: religions in collision 135
- Islam and Judaism in political perspective 137
- Religion and Politics in Israel 142
- Islamist movements in Egypt, Algeria and Turkey 146
- Conclusion 156
8 Central Asia: the return of Islam to politics after communism 158
- Islam in Central Asia: the impact of the 1917 revolution 161
- Political Islam in Central Asia after the USSR 164
- Case studies: political Islam in Central Asia 168
- Conclusion 176
9 Politics and religion in India: Hindu and Sikh nationalism 178
- What is Hinduism? 181
- Hindus and politics in pre-modern India 183
- Hinduism and nationalism 184
- Hindu nationalism and politics in the 1980s and 1990s 185
- The genesis and appeal of Hindu nationalism 187
- Sikhs and politics 193
- Conclusion 196
10 Buddhism and politics in South-east Asia 198
- The essentials of Buddhism 199
- Therevada Buddhism and politics in South-east Asia 201
- Case studies: Thailand, Burma and Cambodia 206
- Conclusion 217
11 Conclusions 219
- Post-modernism and the socio-political salience of religion 220
- The complexities of secularization in the post-modern world 224
- Religious resistance to secularization 226
References 231
Index 248

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