Overview
Religion is resurgent across the globe. In many countries it is a powerful source of political mobilization, and in some, potent social cleavage. In some, religion reinforces the state, while 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 studies include countries with one dominant religious tradition, and others with two or more competing traditions. They encompass Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Shinto, and Buddhism. They involve states where religion and politics are closely linked, and others with at least a basic separation between church and state.
- | Author: Ted Gerard Jelen
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2002
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 052165971X
- | ISBN-13: 9780521659710
