Nations under God: The Geopolitics of Faith in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Luke M. Herrington, Alasdair McKay & Jeffrey Haynes
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This edited collection presents a balanced analysis of the multifaceted roles taken on by religions, and religious actors, in global politics. The volume brings together over thirty leading scholars from a variety of disciplines who utilise case studies, empirical investigations, and theoretical examinations to move beyond the simplistic narratives and overly impassioned polemics which swamp the discourse on the subject.
Table of contents
Introduction
– Luke M. Herrington and Alasdair MacKay
The Religious Resurgence: Problems and Opportunities for International Relations Theory
– Stephen Dawson
‘Little Do They Know…’ How (Not) to Theorise Religion and International Relations
– Jodok Troy
Shifting Territorial Orders and Religion
– Gertjan Dijkink
The Four Religions of Foreign Policy
– John A. Rees
Looking Back to See Forward: Romanticism, Religion and the Secular in Modernity
– Mark S. Cladis
The Contemporary Ambiguities of Religions as a Source of Civilisational Identity
– Fabio Petito
Religion’s Changing Form and Relation to the State Since 1989
– Linda Woodhead
The Secular–Religious Competition Perspective
– Jonathan Fox
Church, State and Culture: Should Religion Be a Private Matter?
– Brendan Sweetman
Holism, Religion and Geopolitics
– Don Handelman
Religious Politics and the Rise of Illiberal Religion
– Scott W. Hibbard
Assessing State and Religious Institutions: A Comment from the Case of Angola
– Ruy Llera Blanes
The Geopolitics of Religious Performance in Twenty-First Century Taiwan
– Fang-Long Shih
More Russian than Orthodox Christianity: Russian Paganism as Nationalist Politics
– Kaarina Aitamurto
Sociotheology: The Significance of Religious Worldviews
– Mona Kanwal Sheikh
What’s God Got to Do with It? Violence, Hostility and Religion Today
– Lee Marsden
The Future of Islamic State Systems in Light of Rising Sectarian Tensions
– Shireen T. Hunter
The Geopolitics of Religious Liberty
– Nilay Saiya
Is There a Religious Diversity Peace Dividend?
– Dan G. Cox
Inter-Religious Work for Peace through Globalised Transnational Civil Society
– Pauline Kollontai
Faith-Based Organisations at the United Nations
– Jeffrey Haynes
National Religions: How to Be Both Under God and Under the European Union?
– François Foret
Religion in the European Union: The Forgotten Factor
– Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth
Religious Movements and Religion’s Contribution to Global Civil Society
– Paul S. Rowe
Whose God? A Human Rights Approach
– J. Paul Martin
Global Christian Networks for Human Dignity
– Allen D. Hertzke
Islam and Human Rights in Pakistan
– Ishtiaq Ahmed
Building a Reform Movement: Could Muslims Emulate Nineteenth Century Judaism?
– Jonathan Benthall
The Religion Agenda: The Sahrawi Refugees and the Politics of Tolerance
– Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Conclusion
– Tim Fitzgerald