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Religion, Politics, Society, and the State

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ISBN-10: 0199949239

ISBN-13: 9780199949236

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jonathan Fox

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Featuring contributions from renowned experts,Religion, Politics, Society, and the Stateprovides a uniquely broad perspective on religion's influence on politics, covering multiple countries in major regions. It shows how religion interacts with politics on many different levels, and that these influences can be divided into the influence of the state and the influence of society on politics.Representing multiple disciplines, methodologies, and levels of analysis--including individual, social group, institutional, and state--the selections cover several countries in major world regions, including the United States, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and Western Europe. In addition, two chapters…    
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Book details

List price: $54.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Cooperation between Church and State in Liberal Democracies
Religious Freedom in Constitutions and Law: A Study in Discrepancies
Wars and Rumors of Wars: Explaining Religiously Motivated Violence
Religion and Democracy: The Case of the AKP in Turkey
Religion as a Nation-Binder and Nation-Divider: Interpersonal Relationships in the Israel Defense Forces
The Theory and the Practice of Political Tolerance in U.S. Society
Radical Islam versus the Nation-State: Violent Conflicts in Northeast Africa and the Nile Valley
Taming Tehran: Evangelical Christians and the Iranian Threat to Israel
Churches in "Troubles": A Knowledge-Based Analysis of Clergy Involvement in Conflict
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors