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Taylor & Francis Introduction To Religion And Politics Theory And Practice 2Nd Edition by Jonathan Fox
This fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject's most significant debates, issues, and methodologies. It begins by asking the basic questions of how social scientists see religion and why religion remains relevant to politics in the modern era. Fox examines the influence of religious identity, beliefs, institutions and legitimacy on politics, and surveys important approaches and issues found in the literature on religion and politics. Four new chapters on religious policy around the world, political secularism, and religious freedom and human rights have been added to fully revised content covering religious identity, rational choice approaches to religious politics worldviews, beliefs, doctrines, ideologies, institutions and political mobilization, fundamentalism, secularization, and religion and conflict.This work will be essential reading for all students of religion and politics, comparative politics, international relations, and security studies. Chapter 1: Introduction Approaches to the Study of Religion and PoliticsA Social Science Approach to ReligionThe Religion and State DatasetReligious Discrimination vs. Religious FreedomA Note on Methodology and Citations ConclusionsChapter 2: Secularization and Functionalism: Predictions of Religion's Decline, and IrrelevanceClassic Secularization TheoryReligion's Resurgence?The Evolution of Secularization TheoryMoving Past Secularization TheoryFunctionalismCritiques of FunctionalismReligion as a Tool vs. as an Independent Force in Political Science TheoryThe Doctrine of Religion's IrrelevanceSecularization, Functionalism, Religion and Political Science TheoryDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 3: Religious IdentityIs Religious Identity Unique?The Origins of Religious Identity in PoliticsReligious Identity and ToleranceReligious Identity and DemocracyReligious Identity and ConflictPolitical Opinions, Voting, and BeyondDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 4: Religious Worldviews, Beliefs, Doctrines, and TheologiesReligion as a Basis for Understanding the WorldReligious Rules and Standards of BehaviorPolitical Manifestations of Religious Worldviews Beliefs and IdeologiesReligious ActorsBelief vs. IdentityConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 5: Religious LegitimacyReligion as a Justification for AnythingThe Evolving Role of Religious Legitimacy in GovernmentThe Political Uses of Religious LegitimacyThe Limits of Religious Legitimacy Discussion QuestionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 6: Religious Institutions and Political MobilizationReligious Institutions and Political Resource MobilizationReligion and the "Free Rider" ProblemThe Downside of Religious-Based MobilizationWhen Do Religious Institutions Mobilize?ConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 7: Rational ReligionFunctionalism and Rational ChoiceThe Supply Side TheoryReligious Liberty and Rational CalculationThe Interests of Religious InstitutionsRational Actor Theories in PerspectiveReligion and the EconomyConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 8: Religious FundamentalismWhat is Fundamentalism?Why is Fundamentalism Politically Relevant?Radicals, Extremists, and Deviants?ConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 9: Religion and ConflictReligious Worldviews, Beliefs, Doctrines, and IdeologiesReligious LegitimacyReligious InstitutionsFundamentalists and Violent ConflictReligious TerrorMessianic ViolenceRecruitmentAre Religious Conflicts Different?Religion and PeaceIt is Not Just ReligionDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 10: Government Religion Policy 1: Official Policies and Supporting ReligionWhat is Government Policy?Official PolicyMotivations for Supporting ReligionTypes of Support for ReligionConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 11: Government Religion Policy 2: Restrictions, Regulation, Control and DiscriminationRegulation, Restriction, and ControlReligious Discrimination in TheoryReligious Discrimination in PracticeConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 12: Political SecularismWhat do "Secular" and Secularism Mean?Defining Political SecularismFamilies of Political Secular IdeologiesSecular-Religious CompetitionA Complex CompetitionConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 13: Religious FreedomOfficial Religious FreedomThe Multiple Meanings of Religious FreedomThe Complexity of Religious FreedomConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 14: Religion in International RelationsSecularization, and Ignoring ReligionReligious IdentityReligious LegitimacyReligious Institutions and MobilizationTransnational Religious Institutions and other Religious ActorsTransnational Religious Issues and PhenomenaFaith-Based DiplomacyReligious Worldviews, Ideologies and BeliefsConclusionsDiscussion QuestionsFurther ReadingsChapter 15: ConclusionsLinking Theory and PracticeA Theoretical Framework to Comprehend Religion and Politics