ISBN:
9780739176108
,
9780739176115
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 267 S
DDC:
322/.109
Keywords:
Religion and politics
;
Religion and state
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Kirche
;
Religion
;
Staat
;
Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Tangled Web; 2 Religion and Regimes in Brazil and Chile; 3 From Atheism to Establishment?; 4 Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State; 5 International Context and State-Religion Regimes in France and Turkey; 6 Religion and State in India; 7 The Roman Catholic Church and Political Regime in Portugal and Spain; 8 Democratization, Human Rights, and Religion-State Relations in Taiwan and Hong Kong; 9 The Orphaned Irish; 10 Religion and Regime Change in Iran and Poland; Conclusion; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
Abstract:
Religion and Regimes: Support, Separation, and Opposition emphasizes the changing political role of religion in various nations of the world. The approach is based on market models of religion, and connects the style of religious politics in a given nation to the nature of competition among dominant religious traditions and their alternatives.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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