One of the major consequences of the rise of democracy at the end of the eighteenth century
has been that popular consent has become a necessary factor in obtaining political …

The diversity of identities in the many social groups in modern multi‐cultural communities
challenges decision and policymakers endeavouring to reconcile their own values and …

The master narrative of modernity insists on a neat institutional separation between religion
and politics. Politics is viewed as a rationalized and autopoetic business of generating …

The question of religion and politics—that is, the question of the appropriate relation
between the two—is an old one. Ancient Israel, for example, wrestled with the king's relation …

The superseding of global bipolar politics has given rise, in Ken Jowitt's regrettably apt
phrase, to a New World Disorder. 1 Classical cleavages based on state policies towards …

This book intends to systematically overcome the received practice of treating religion and
politics as wholly separate and independent domains. It studies power and meaning in their …

This book explores the interaction between two of the most charged topics in the modern
world, religion and politics. It shows the inextricable connection between religious attitudes …

What is the place of religion in modern political systems? This volume addresses that
question by focusing on ten countries across several geographic areas: Western and East …

The end of the Cold War political bi-polarization on a global scale and the consequent
resurgence of various nationalisms and localisms have raised important questions about the …

What do we mean when we talk about religion? Scholars have struggled and argued for
many years about how to define religion. Some emphasize the idea that religion is …