Religion And Politics In The 21st Century

Author : Natalia Vlas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443850766

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Religion and Politics in the 21st Century by Natalia Vlas Pdf

Religion and Politics in the 21st Century is composed of a number of articles that were presented during the 2012 international conference on “Religion and Politics in the Globalization Era” organized by the Centre for Political Analysis in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With careful attention given to 21st century religious resurgence and its dynamic interactions with political structures and the public sphere, the present volume captures a wide variety of perspectives on contemporary religion and politics, ranging from theoretical approaches to case studies and from analyzing global facets to exploring local situations. Its thematic richness and its careful exploration of not only present realities, but also of patterns of past interactions and of possible future directions, render this volume a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers and the general public as well.

Author : Lisbet Christoffersen,Margit Warburg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317067511

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Religion in the 21st Century by Lisbet Christoffersen,Margit Warburg Pdf

In spite of the debate about secularization or de-secularization, the existential-bodily need for religion is basically the same as always. What have been changed are the horizons within which religions are interpreted and the relationships within which religions are integrated. This book explores how religions continue to challenge secular democracy and science, and how religions are themselves being challenged by secular values and practices. All traditions - whether religious or secular - experience a struggle over authority, and this struggle seems to intensify with globalization, as it has brought people around the world in closer contact with each other. In this book internationally leading scholars from sociology, law, political science, religious studies, theology and the religion and science debate, take stock of the current interdisciplinary research on religion and open new perspectives at the cutting edge of the debate on religion in the 21st century.

Author : Eric Kaufmann
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847651945

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Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? by Eric Kaufmann Pdf

Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularists. And what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share of the population: in fact, the more religious people are, the more children they have. The cumulative effect of immigration from religious countries, and religious fertility will be to reverse the secularisation process in the West. Not only will the religious eventually triumph over the non-religious, but it is those who are the most extreme in their beliefs who have the largest families. Within Judaism, the Ultra-Orthodox may achieve majority status over their liberal counterparts by mid-century. Islamist Muslims have won the culture war in much of the Muslim world, and their success provides a glimpse of what awaits the Christian West and Israel. Based on a wealth of demographic research, considering questions of multiculturalism and terrorism, Kaufmann examines the implications of the decline in liberal secularism as religious conservatism rises - and what this means for the future of western modernity.

Author : Lisbet Christoffersen,Margit Warburg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317067504

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Religion in the 21st Century by Lisbet Christoffersen,Margit Warburg Pdf

In spite of the debate about secularization or de-secularization, the existential-bodily need for religion is basically the same as always. What have been changed are the horizons within which religions are interpreted and the relationships within which religions are integrated. This book explores how religions continue to challenge secular democracy and science, and how religions are themselves being challenged by secular values and practices. All traditions - whether religious or secular - experience a struggle over authority, and this struggle seems to intensify with globalization, as it has brought people around the world in closer contact with each other. In this book internationally leading scholars from sociology, law, political science, religious studies, theology and the religion and science debate, take stock of the current interdisciplinary research on religion and open new perspectives at the cutting edge of the debate on religion in the 21st century.

Author : Simone Raudino,Patricia Sohn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780472902682

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Beyond the Death of God by Simone Raudino,Patricia Sohn Pdf

This volume offers a nuanced picture with specific instances of religion and politics in Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu contexts, broadly presenting the phenomenon of religion and politics via country and thematic case studies. Qualitative, quantitative, material, philosophical, and theological analyses draw upon social theory to show how (and why) religion matters deeply in each time and place. The authors and contributors demonstrate that religion is a significant force that drives societies and polities around the world, and that a radical change in the Western understanding of value-driven global politics is needed. Beyond the Death of God offers new, local voices to Western audiences—through essays that suggest the need for an appreciation of Divinity as a quintessence holding a significant place in the hearts, minds, social orders, and political organization of polities around the world.

Author : William Arthur Galston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political planning
ISBN : OCLC:658158481

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Public Matters by William Arthur Galston Pdf

Author : William A. Galston
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781461641490

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Public Matters by William A. Galston Pdf

After preparing to lead a quiet life as a teacher and scholar of political theory, William Galston has spent the past quarter century crossing the boundaries between academia and public life, including a two-year stint as Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy under President Clinton. Reflecting these boundary-crossings, Public Matters contains a selection of Galston's essays on politics, policy, and religion. Each is viewed through the prisms of history, theory, and ethical concerns. The essays on politics tell the story of Galston's efforts to help redirect the Democratic Party so that it speaks more clearly to the concerns of 21st century Americans. The essays in the policy section reflect the range of issues with which Galston has grappled as a political activist and public official. Finally, the essays on religion try to come to grips with the challenges that religion, taken seriously (as it should be) poses for the governance of constitutional democracies.

Author : Joachim Küpper,Klaus W. Hempfer,Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110369533

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Religion and Society in the 21st Century by Joachim Küpper,Klaus W. Hempfer,Erika Fischer-Lichte Pdf

This volume focuses on religion from a trans-cultural and international perspective. Its aim is to open up new perspectives on how religions might coexist peacefully within 21st century societies and simultaneously contribute to global pacification. Can a religion cope peacefully with the existence of other religions, without having to abandon its own claim to truth, and if so, what already inherent, specific characteristics would have to be emphasized? Or is secular culture the path to convince different religions of a shared ideal of peaceful co-existence? These questions are approached considering the socio-political implications of religions in Asian, African, Latin-American and European contexts. This collection of essays reflects on the entire spectrum of the highly topical and complex academic discussions pertaining to the interrelation of society, state and religion. One example in this collection features the analysis of a secular state engaging in dialog with Muslim communities through a state-moderated communication platform; another article concentrates on the political impact of Christian churches on Nigerian society by means of political advertisement. Moreover, the different concepts of religion in Western societies are considered: one essay argues that in democratic societies it is the state that must guarantee the freedom of religion and thereby provide the basis for a peaceful co-existence between all religions.

Author : Hans-Georg Ziebertz,Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Publisher : Brill Academic Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004296778

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Freedom of Religion in the 21st Century by Hans-Georg Ziebertz,Ernst Hirsch Ballin Pdf

Religions around the world show support, ambivalence and antagonism towards the right to freedom of religion. Legal and political debates are affected by these profound differences. In this book an international group of scholars offer theoretical and empirical analyses.

Author : Phillip Charles Lucas,Thomas Robbins
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0415965764

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New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century by Phillip Charles Lucas,Thomas Robbins Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Lucian N. Leustean
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317818663

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Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Lucian N. Leustean Pdf

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of Eastern Christian churches in Europe, the Middle East, America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it examines both Orthodox and Oriental churches from the end of the Cold War up to the present day. The book offers a unique insight into the myriad church-state relations in Eastern Christianity and tackles contemporary concerns, opportunities and challenges, such as religious revival after the fall of communism; churches and democracy; relations between Orthodox, Catholic and Greek Catholic churches; religious education and monastic life; the size and structure of congregations; and the impact of migration, secularisation and globalisation on Eastern Christianity in the twenty-first century.

Author : Professor Vasilios N Makrides,Professor Victor Roudometof
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409480754

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Orthodox Christianity in 21st Century Greece by Professor Vasilios N Makrides,Professor Victor Roudometof Pdf

One of the predominantly Orthodox countries that has never experienced communism is Greece, a country uniquely situated to offer insights about contemporary trends and developments in Orthodox Christianity. This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the role Orthodox Christianity plays at the dawn of the twenty-first century Greece from social scientific and cultural-historical perspectives. This book breaks new ground by examining in depth the multifaceted changes that took place in the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and politics, ethnicity, gender, and popular culture. Its intention is two-fold: on the one hand, it aims at revisiting some earlier stereotypes, widespread both in academic and others circles, about the Greek Orthodox Church, its cultural specificity and its social presence, such as its alleged intrinsic non-pluralistic attitude toward non-Orthodox Others. On the other hand, it attempts to show how this fairly traditional religious system underwent significant changes in recent years affecting its public role and image, particularly as it became more and more exposed to the challenges of globalization and multiculturalism.

Author : David Rayside,Jerald Sabin,Paul E.J. Thomas
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774835619

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Religion and Canadian Party Politics by David Rayside,Jerald Sabin,Paul E.J. Thomas Pdf

Religion is usually thought of as inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics. This book takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial arenas. Drawing on case studies from across the country, it explores three important axes of religiously based contention – Protestant vs. Catholic, conservative vs. reformer, and, more recently, opponents vs. defenders of accommodating minority religious practices. Although the extent of partisan engagement with each of these sources of conflict has varied across time and region, the authors show that religion still matters in shaping political oppositions. These themes are illuminated by comparisons to the role faith plays in the politics of other Western industrialized societies.

Author : Kevin Phillips
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781101218846

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American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips Pdf

An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that rule—and imperil—the United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majority’s rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the current age of global overreach, fundamentalist religion, diminishing resources, and ballooning debt under the GOP majority. With an eye to the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips confirms what too many Americans are still unwilling to admit about the depth of our misgovernment.

Author : Patricia Sohn,Simone Raudino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0472129821

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Beyond the Death of God by Patricia Sohn,Simone Raudino Pdf

This volume offers a nuanced picture of the details of specific instances of religion and politics in Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu contexts (some geographical, some thematic), broadly presenting the phenomenon of religion and politics via country and thematic case studies. Qualitative, quantitative, material, philosophical, and theological analyses draw upon social theory to show how (and why) religion matters deeply in each time and place. The authors and contributors demonstrate that religion is a significant force that drives societies and polities around the world, and that a radical change in the Western understanding of value-driven global politics is needed. It offers new local voices that many Western audiences have not yet heard. The essays in this volume suggest the need for an appreciation of Divinity as a quintessence holding a significant place in the hearts, minds, social orders, and political organization of polities around the world.