(An) introduction to religion and politics : theory and practice

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of tables and figure = xi
• 1 Introduction = 1
• Approaches to the study of religion and politics = 2
• A social science approach to religion = 4
• The religion and state dataset = 6
• Religious discrimination vs. religious freedom = 8
• A note on methodology and citations = 8
• Conclusions = 9
• Notes = 9
• 2 Secularization and functionalism : predictions of religion's decline and irrelevance = 10
• Classic secularization theory = 11
• Religion's resurgence? = 15
• The evolution of secularization theory = 17
• Moving past secularization theory = 20
• Functionalism = 20
• Critiques of functionalism = 22
• Religion as a tool vs. as an independent force in political science theory = 23
• The doctrine of religion's irrelevance = 25
• Secularization, functionalism, religion, and political science theory = 27
• Discussion questions = 30
• Notes = 30
• Further reading = 31
• 3 Religious identity = 32
• Is religious identity unique? = 33
• The origins of religious identity in politics = 33
• Religious identity and tolerance = 38
• Religious identity and democracy = 40
• Religious identity and conflict = 43
• Political opinions, voting, and beyond = 45
• Discussion questions = 47
• Notes = 47
• Further reading = 47
• 4 Religious worldviews, beliefs, doctrines, and theologies = 49
• Religion as basis for understanding the world = 49
• Religious rules and standards of behavior = 51
• Political manifestations of religious worldviews, beliefs, and ideologies = 53
• Religious actors = 55
• Belief vs. identity = 56
• Conclusions = 57
• Discussion questions = 57
• Notes = 58
• Further reading = 58
• 5 Religious legitimacy = 59
• Religion as a justification for anything = 60
• The evolving role of religious legitimacy in government = 61
• The political uses of religious legitimacy = 64
• The limits of religious legitimacy = 69
• Discussion questions = 71
• Notes = 71
• Further reading = 72
• 6 Religious institutions and political mobilization = 73
• Religious institutions and political resource mobilization = 73
• Religion and the "free rider" problem = 77
• The downside of religious-based mobilization = 77
• When do religious institutions mobilize? = 79
• Conclusions = 81
• Discussion questions = 81
• Notes = 81
• Further reading = 82
• 7 Rational religion = 83
• Functionalism and rational choice = 83
• The supply side theory = 85
• Religious liberty and rational calculation = 87
• The interests of religious institutions = 90
• Rational actor theories in perspective = 92
• Religion and the economy = 94
• Conclusions = 96
• Discussion questions = 96
• Notes = 97
• Further reading = 97
• 8 Religious fundamentalism = 98
• What is fundamentalism? = 98
• Why is fundamentalism politically relevant? = 104
• Radicals, extremists, and deviants? = 107
• Conclusions = 108
• Discussion questions = 108
• Notes = 109
• Further reading = 109
• 9 Religion and conflict = 110
• Religious worldviews, beliefs, doctrines, and ideologies = 112
• Religious legitimacy = 117
• Religious institutions = 120
• Fundamentalists and violent conflict = 120
• Religious terror = 121
• Messianic violence = 122
• Recruitment = 123
• Are religious conflicts different? = 124
• Religion and peace = 125
• It is not just religion = 125
• Discussion questions = 126
• Notes = 126
• Further reading = 126
• 10 Government religion policy 1 : official policies and supporting religion = 127
• What is government policy? = 127
• Official policy = 129
• Motivations for supporting religion = 135
• Types of support for religion = 138
• Conclusions = 148
• Discussion questions = 148
• Notes = 148
• Further reading = 149
• 11 Government religion policy 2 : restrictions, regulation, control and discrimination = 150
• Regulation, restriction, and control = 151
• Religious discrimination in theory = 157
• Religious discrimination in practice = 160
• Conclusions = 167
• Discussion questions = 168
• Notes = 168
• Further reading = 168
• 12 Political secularism = 169
• What do "secular" and "secularism" mean? = 169
• Defining political secularism = 170
• Families of political secular ideologies = 171
• Secular-religious competition = 176
• A complex competition = 179
• Conclusions = 179
• Discussion questions = 180
• Notes = 181
• Further reading = 181
• 13 Religious freedom = 182
• Official religious freedom = 182
• The multiple meanings of religious freedom = 183
• The complexity of religious freedom = 191
• Conclusions = 193
• Discussion questions = 194
• Notes = 194
• Further reading = 194
• 14 Religion in international relations = 195
• Secularization, and ignoring religion = 195
• Religious identity = 197
• Religious legitimacy = 198
• Religious institutions and mobilization = 199
• Transnational religious institutions and other religious actors = 200
• Transnational religious issues and phenomena = 200
• Faith-based diplomacy = 201
• Religious worldviews, ideologies, and beliefs = 202
• Conclusions = 204
• Discussion questions = 204
• Notes = 204
• Further reading = 205
• 15 Conclusions = 206
• Linking theory and practice = 206
• A theoretical framework to comprehend religion and politics = 208
• Bibliography = 211
• Index = 231