Religion and politics in comparative perspective: the one, the few, and the many
Religion is resurgent across the globe. In many countries religion is a powerful source of political mobilization, and in some a potent social cleavage. In some religion reinforces the state, in others it provides the space for resistance. This book contains a series of detailed studies examining re...
| Subtitles: | Religion & Politics in Comparative Perspective |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2002
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
| Reviews: | Religion and Politics in a Comparative Perspective: The One, The Few, and The Many, edited by Ted Gerard Jelen & Clyde Wilcox. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 350 pp.; £40.00 (cloth), £15.99 (paper) (2006) (Sauriol, Caroline)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Politics
/ International comparison
B State / Religious practice / International comparison B Religious policy / International comparison |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Religion And Politics |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780521650311 |
| Summary: | Religion is resurgent across the globe. In many countries religion is a powerful source of political mobilization, and in some a potent social cleavage. In some religion reinforces the state, in others it provides the space for resistance. This book contains a series of detailed studies examining religion and politics in specific countries or regions. The cases include countries with one dominant religious tradition, and others with two or more competing traditions. They include Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Shinto and Buddhism. They include states where religion and politics are closely linked, and others with at least a low wall of separation between church and state. The cases are organized by the type of religious marketplace, but allow many other comparisons as well. We develop some generalizations from the cases, and hope that they will be a fertile source of theorizing for others |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511814402 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511814402 |