Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics

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Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. His areas of expertise are religion and international relations, religion and politics, democracy and democratisation, development studies, and comparative politics and globalisation. He is the author or editor of more than 50 books. He received the International Studies Association Religion and International Relations Section's Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Democratization, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Religion, and Series Editor of the book series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics.

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This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics. From the United States to the Middle East, from Asia to Africa, and beyond, religion continues to be an important factor in political activity and organisation.

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This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics. From the United States to the Middle East, from Asia to Africa, and beyond, religion continues to be an important factor in political activity and organisation.

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1. Introduction: Religion and Politics in an Era of Uncertainty Part I: World Religions and Politics
   2. Buddhism and Politics 3. Conservative Protestant Political Opinion: A Comparative Perspective 4. The Catholic Church and Catholicism in Global Politics 5. Confucianism: Classical, Neo- and "New" 6. Hindu Nationalism and Politics in India 7. Sunni Islam and Islamism 8. Shia Islam and Politics 9. Religion and Politics in Israel: Boundaries and Values Part II: Religion and Governance
      10. The Politics of International Religious Freedom 11. Religion on the Battlefield 12. Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Comparative Perspective 13. Religion and Political Parties 14. Religion, Politics and Civil Society 15. What is Exceptional about Religion? Major Debates in International Relations, Islamism Studies and Peace and Conflict Research 16. Religion and Anti-immigration Parties in the West: Identitarian Christianism and Exclusivist Secularism 17. The Neglected Interactions of Religion and Nation and How They Shape Politicization of Religion 18. The Interplay among Religion, Politics and Law in Europe: New Challenges and Future Trajectories 19. May I Have a Word with You? Global Patterns of Restrictions on Proselytizing 20. (Secular) Humanism and Politics Part III: Religion and International Relations
          21. Postsecularism and International Relations 22. Integrating Religion into International Relations Theory 23. Religion and Foreign Policy 24. Transnational Religious Actors and International Relations 25. Fighting the Fossil-Fuel Pharaoh: American Jews and Climate Action Part IV: Religion, Security and Development
              26. The Ambivalence of Religious Soft Power 27. When Political Religion is a 'Good Thing'?: Feminist Storytelling around Less-heard Understandings of 'Political Religion' 28. Faith-based Organisations and Development 29. Religious Terrorism in Global Politics 30. Religious Peacebuilding