The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Politics and Ideology

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : religion, politics and ideology / Jeffrey Haynes -- Liberal religion / Emanuel de Kadt -- Secularism / Linde R. Draaisma and Erin K. Wilson -- Atheism and religion / Stuart McAnulla -- Nationalism, religion, ideology / Atalia Omer -- Religion and gender / Leila Hadj Abdou -- Life after communism : contemporary orthodoxy, politics and society in Eastern Europe / Greg Simons -- The radical right in Europe : cultural shifts and religious nativism / Michael Minkenberg -- Caught in mid-stream : Islamism in the transition from politics of piety to formal politics / Roel Meijer -- Religion between ethics and ideology / Joseph A. Camilleri -- Religion and the ideology of populism / Timothy Peace -- Anarchism and religion / Erik Ringmar -- Religion and the alt-right / George Hawley -- Revisiting the conceptual history of Salafism : theological foundations, ideological iterations, and political manifestations / Naveed S. Sheikh -- Buddhist nationalism / Saul Tobias -- Christianism / Ben Ryan -- Evangelicals and ideology : transnational or local? : examining the case of Latin American Evangelicals / Ruth Melkonian-Hoover and Dennis R. Hoover -- Italy / Luca Ozzano -- A world awakening : American Evangelicalism and late-war order / Robert J. Joustra -- Russia : Orthodox Christianity / Marko Veković -- Religious fundamentalism, liberal nationalism, and sectarian solidarity among Lebanese / Mansoor Moaddel, Jean Kors and Johan Gärde -- Politics, identity and religion in Turkey : from Atatürk to the AKP / Jeffrey Haynes -- Iran : construction of a Shia political ideology in the modern age / Alireza Raisi -- Religion and ideology in Sri Lanka : Buddhism / Peter Friedlander -- Hinduism, Hindutva, and ideology / Abdul Shaban -- Israelization of Judaism / David Ohana.

"This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions - Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism - in a variety of contexts, regions and countries. Relationships between religion, politics and ideology help mould people's attitudes about the way that political systems, both domestically and internationally, are organised and operate. While conceptually separate, religion, politics and ideology often become intertwined and as a result their relationships evolve over time. This volume brings together a number of expert contributors who explore a wide range of topical and controversial issues, including gender, nationalism, communism, fascism, populism and Islamism. Such topics inform the overall aim of the handbook: to provide a comprehensive summary of the relationships between religion, politics and ideology, including basic issues and new approaches. This handbook is a major research resource for students, researchers and professionals from various disciplinary backgrounds, including religious studies, political science, international relations, and sociology"-- Provided by publisher.