Religion and politics : European and global perspectives / edited by Johann P. Arnason and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski.

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TextSeries: Annual of European and global studiesPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2014.Description: 232 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780748691739

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Ch. 1. Introduction / Johann P. Arnason and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski -- Johann P. Arnason and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski -- Ch. 2. The religio-political nexus: historical and comparative reflections / Johann P. Arnason. Ch. 3. Politics and religion in a global age / Jeffrey Haynes -- Ch. 4. Comparative secularisms and the politics of modernity / Linell E. Cady and Elizabeth Shakman Hurd -- Ch. 5. Europe in the global rise of religious nationalism / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Ch. 6. The European Union's civil religion in the making? / Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski -- Ch. 7. Democracy, secularism and Islam in Turkey / Ayhan Kaya -- Ch. 8. Orthodox religion and politics in post-soviet Russia / Mikhail Maslovskiy and Nikita Shangin -- Ch. 9. Religion and politics, church and state in Chinese history / John Lagerwey -- Ch. 10. Religion and the state in contemporary Japan / Elisabetta Porcu -- Ch. 11. Arab revolutions and political Islam : a structural approach / Karel Cerny -- Ch. 12. Beyond post-secularism : religion in political analysis / Michal Matlak.

Summary: Deals with relationship between religion and politics as a key connecting link between European and global affairs. It discuses the role of religion and its prospects in the contemporary world against the background of theoretical and empirical research.

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This volume is a collection of articles in memory of the late Willfried Spohn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Deals with relationship between religion and politics as a key connecting link between European and global affairs. It discuses the role of religion and its prospects in the contemporary world against the background of theoretical and empirical research.

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