Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics

Introduction : religion and politics in an era of uncertainty / Jeffrey Haynes -- Buddhism and politics / Peter Friedlander -- Conservative Protestant political opinion : a comparative perspective / Dennis R. Hoover and Ruth Melkonian-Hoover -- The Catholic Church and Catholicism in global politics / Allen D. Hertzke -- Confucianism : classical, neo- and "new" / Michael D. Barr -- Hindu nationalism and politics in India / Shylashri Shankar -- Sunni Islam and Islamism / Gudrun Krämer -- Shia Islam and politics / Jon Armajani -- Religion and politics in Israel : boundaries and values / Hayim Katsman and Guy Ben-Porat -- The politics of international religious freedom / Elizabeth Shakman Hurd -- Religion on the battlefield / Ron E. Hassner -- Right-wing populism and religion in comparative perspective / Jeffrey Haynes -- Religion and political parties / Luca Ozzano -- Religion, politics and civil society / Jeffrey Haynes -- What is exceptional about religion? : major debates in international relations, Islamism studies and peace and conflict research / Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Morten Valbjørn and Dino Krause -- Religion and anti-immigration parties in the West : identitarian Christianism and exclusivist secularism / Tobias Cremer -- The neglected interactions of religion and nation and how they shape politicization of religion / Jocelyne Cesari -- The interplay among religion, politics and law in Europe : new challenges and future trajectories / Adelaide Madera -- May I have a word with you? : global patterns of restrictions on proselytizing / Jonathan Fox -- (Secular) humanism and politics / Stefan Schröder -- Postsecularism and international relations / Luca Mavelli and Erin K. Wilson -- Integrating religion into international relations theory / Nukhet Sandal and Jonathan Fox -- Religion and foreign policy / Nukhet Sandal -- Transnational religious actors and international relations / Giorgio Shani -- Fighting the fossil-fuel pharaoh : American Jews and climate action / David Krantz -- The ambivalence of religious soft power / Ahmet Erdi Öztürk -- When political religion is a 'good thing'? : feminist storytelling around less-heard understandings of 'political religion' / Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor -- Faith-based organisations and development / Emma Tomalin -- Religious terrorism in global politics / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Religious peacebuilding / Atalia Omer and Joram Tarusarira.

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