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Religious Politics in Global and Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
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Religious Politics in Global and Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
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Current social and political theories, which tend to dismiss
religious resurgence as a deviant occurrence in the broad sweep of
history, do not provide an adequate framework for the study of the
dramatic resurgence of religion as a worldwide political force.
This book is the first to address the interplay of religion and
politics systematically and on a global scale. Offering
interpretive essays as well as quantitative comparative analyses,
it develops a comprehensive theoretical framework and presents the
most complete comparative account available of the realities of
religious politics in the contemporary world. The first of the
interpretive chapters focuses on the cultural factor as a means of
clarifying the role of religion in the modern world system. The
next two chapters examine the concept of the self in the context of
globalization and the absence of solidarity as a unifying force in
societal systems. The role of ultimate values in politics and the
reasons for the emergence of militant religious movements in
nation-states is also considered. A worldwide study of religious
change between 1900 and 1980 gives a clear picture of contemporary
global religious movements and formulates a tentative set of
explanations of change based on data analysis. The statistical
links between religious beliefs and political views, and between
religion and democracy, are explored. The editor's concluding
chapter looks at the implications of the authors' findings for
general theory in the sociology of religion. The editor stresses
the need for reconceptualizing basic theoretical constructs,
particularly the concept of religion itself. An important
contribution to our understanding of the religious and political
forces that are shaping the modern world, this work will be of
interest to academics, researchers, and students of world
religions, sociology, and political science.
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