Religion and Global Politics: Religion and Global Politics
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Rowe Paul S.
Specifically designed for third- and fourth-year students, Religion and Global Politics examines the relationship between religion and world order. Part I consists of carefully selected case studies that introduce students to the empirical and theoretical questions underpinning religion and politics in the United States, Europe, India, East Asia, and Latin America at both the domestic and the international level. Offering a balanced and objective perspective, Part I examines a variety of faith perspectives including Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam. Part II uses essential concepts to explore the role that religion plays in the construction of global order and the way religious groups affect the political process in contemporary societies with respect to issues of human rights, war and peace, conflict resolution, and globalization. Context is provided for students in the form of an introduction (Chapter 1) that lays out the history of religion in global politics, as well as the theories that unite and divide political scientists. In addition, a clear conclusion encourages students to apply what they have learned by discussing the future of religion in global politics. The only text of its kind, Religion and Global Politics suggests the potency and enduring nature of religion in global politics and asks students to consider religion as a serious motivator of political desire. The text includes effective pedagogical tools, such as bolded key terms, chapter-review questions, boxed inserts, chapter conclusions, additional sources, web resources, and a glossary to assist students in engaging with and retaining material.
Table of Contents. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction and General Theoretical Overview. A New Beginning?. Religion in the Pre-modern International System. The Post-Westphalian System and the Secularization of International Politics. Modernization and Secularization. Critiques of Secularization. Perspectives on the Politics of Ethnicity and Religion. Taking Culture Seriously. Reactions to Globalization. 11 September and After. Understanding Religion: Definitions and Directions. Religion and Global Politics: A Survey. Part I: Religion and the Domestic Bases of State and Foreign Policy. 2. The Vatican, Roman Catholicism, and Liberation. A Brief History of the Roman Catholic Church. The Church and the Vatican Today. Liberation Theology: Origins. Responses to Liberation Theology. New Challenges, Change and Continuity. Conclusions. 3. Christianity and US Foreign Policy. The 'City upon a Hill': Competing Religious Themes in US Foreign Policy. Religion in American Public Life: A Historic Perspective. The Twentieth Century and 'Social Christianity'. Christianity and the US 'Mission' in World Affairs: The Cold War. Streams of Christian Activism. The Rise of the 'Religious Right'. 'Onward Christian Soldiers?'. Seeds of a Middle Way. Other Religious Voices in US Politics. Conclusions. 4. Judaism, Zionism, and Israeli Foreign Policy. A Brief History of Zionism. Dimensions of Zionism to 1948. Political and Ethnic Divisions of Religious Zionism in the State of Israel. The Settler Movement and the Rise of Israeli Revisionism. The Rise of Shas. Religious Parties and Coalition Politics. The Wider Coalition: Christian Zionism. Conclusions. 5. Political Islam and the State. Introduction to Islam. The Fusion of Islam and Politics: A Contentious Debate. The Medieval and Colonial Age. Salafism: The Modern Rebirth of Islamic Activism. Revolutions and Revivalism: Islamism to the 1980s. The Crucible of Radicalization: Jihadis, bin Laden, and Militant Jihad. Islamism Today: Democrats and Demagogues. The Sunni-Shi'i Divide. Conclusions. 6. Religion and Politics in India. What Is Hinduism?. Hinduism, Islam, and Indian Independence. The Rise of Hindu Nationalism. The Crisis of Secularism and Hindu Nationalism in the 1980s. The Ayodhya Incident and the Rise of BJP. Hindutva, Foreign Policy, and the Issue of Kashmir. Flashpoints and Pressures: The Continuing Problem of Interreligious Relations. Conclusions. 7. Buddhism and Politics. Buddhism's Rise and Eclipse in India. The Basic Tenets and Vehicles of Buddhism. Sri Lanka: Buddhism Betrayed?. Buddhism in East and Southeast Asia: Protest and Peace. Tibetan Nationalism: Unattainable Nirvana?. Conclusions. Part II: Religion and Global Order. 8. Religion, Democracy, and Human Rights. Religion and the Expansion of Liberal Democracy. Human Rights and the Limitation of Religion. Religions, Human Rights, and Democracy. Religion in International Human Rights. Religion and Human Rights in Practice. Religious Freedom and the Politics of Human Rights. Conclusions. 9. Religion and War. 'Religious' Wars of the Past. Religion and War in the Modern World. The Just War Tradition. The Tradition of War in Is
Paul S. Rowe is associate professor of political and international studies and senior research fellow in the Religion, Culture, and Conflict Research Group based at Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada. He completed his undergraduate study at the University of Toronto, where he studied international relations and the history and literatures of the ancient Near East. He later completed a master of arts in political science at Dalhousie University, writing primarily on the political economy and related security issues of the Middle East. He earned his PhD at McGill University in 2003, where his dissertation focused upon the politics of Christian minority communities in Middle Eastern states. He has spent extended time in the Middle East and South Asia and continues to study the politics of religious groups in developing countries and at the global level.
Date de parution : 04-2012
Ouvrage de 296 p.
17.5x22.9 cm
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