Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics

Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. His areas of expertise are religion and international relations, religion and politics, democracy and democratisation, development studies, and comparative politics and globalisation. He is the author or editor of more than 50 books. He received the International Studies Association Religion and International Relations Section’s Distinguished Scholar Award in 2016. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Democratization, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Religion, and Series Editor of the book series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics.

“This new edition weaves together some of the most difficult problems in religion and politics with some of the most brilliant minds. You will not find in this anthology a harmony of views, instead you will find the considered, internationally renowned wisdom of world experts sharpening each other—iron on iron—on some of the most fundamental questions about religion and politics in world affairs today. This new edition invites us not only to read and learn, but to think, to deliberate, and to wonder. It is an indispensable edition for any student in world affairs.”Robert J. Joustra, Redeemer University, Canada“Through two previous editions, Jeffrey Haynes’ Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics proved to be a reliable and fascinating reference work. This third edition, like the two previous editions, is masterfully executed, covering the major religious faiths as well as a range of topics from religious-inspired terrorism to religion and civil society and the religious dimension in right-wing populism. No serious library should be without a copy of this third edition.”Sabrina P. Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

• 1. Introduction: Religion and Politics in an Era of Uncertainty Part I: World Religions and Politics 2. Buddhism and Politics 3. Conservative Protestant Political Opinion: A Comparative Perspective 4. The Catholic Church and Catholicism in Global Politics 5. Confucianism: Classical, Neo- and "New" 6. Hindu Nationalism and Politics in India 7. Sunni Islam and Islamism 8. Shia Islam and Politics 9. Religion and Politics in Israel: Boundaries and Values Part II: Religion and Governance 10. The Politics of International Religious Freedom 11. Religion on the Battlefield 12. Right-Wing Populism and Religion in Comparative Perspective 13. Religion and Political Parties 14. Religion, Politics and Civil Society 15. What is Exceptional about Religion? Major Debates in International Relations, Islamism Studies and Peace and Conflict Research 16. Religion and Anti-immigration Parties in the West: Identitarian Christianism and Exclusivist Secularism 17. The Neglected Interactions of Religion and Nation and How They Shape Politicization of Religion 18. The Interplay among Religion, Politics and Law in Europe: New Challenges and Future Trajectories 19. May I Have a Word with You? Global Patterns of Restrictions on Proselytizing 20. (Secular) Humanism and Politics Part III: Religion and International Relations 21. Postsecularism and International Relations 22. Integrating Religion into International Relations Theory 23. Religion and Foreign Policy 24. Transnational Religious Actors and International Relations 25. Fighting the Fossil-Fuel Pharaoh: American Jews and Climate Action Part IV: Religion, Security and Development 26. The Ambivalence of Religious Soft Power 27. When Political Religion is a ‘Good Thing’?: Feminist Storytelling around Less-heard Understandings of ‘Political Religion’ 28. Faith-based Organisations and Development 29. Religious Terrorism in Global Politics 30. Religious Peacebuilding