Religion and Politics: European and Global Perspectives

Shows religion and politics to be a key connecting link between European and global affairsGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748691739','ISBN:9780748691746']);Combining theoretical and empirical research, these 12 essays examine the role of religion and its prospects in Eur...

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1. Verfasser: Arnason, Johann P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Annual of European and Global Studies : AEGS
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Zusammenfassung:Shows religion and politics to be a key connecting link between European and global affairsGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748691739','ISBN:9780748691746']);Combining theoretical and empirical research, these 12 essays examine the role of religion and its prospects in Europe. On the one hand, the volume discusses growing Islamic presence in Europe as a reminder of enduring religious pluralism, not least in view of the high prominence given to Islamic experience in arguments against over-generalised notions of secularisation. On the other hand, it explores the question of Christian motivated extremism and religious nationalism. Against this background, the contributors discuss the role of religion in other countries throughout the worldincluding China, Japan, Russia and the MENA region.Debates on religion and politics have, to a high degree, focused on contrasts between Europe and other parts of the world; the long-established assumption that modern societies are on a secularising path seemed have a stronger claim to validity in Europe than elsewhere. This book shows that, if European modernity does represent an exit from religion, this historical process and its implications are still very imperfectly understood.Find Out MoreNotes on the contributors
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ISBN:9780748691746