Religion, Politics & State

Since the end of state repression against religion, two major processes have taken place in the formerly socialist countries: historically dominant churches strive to reassert their position in society, while new religious groups and ideas from various...

Winner of the 2017 Alpha Sigma Nu Award The collapse of communism in eastern Europe has forced traditionally Eastern Orthodox countries to consider the relationship between Christianity and liberal democracy. Contributors examine the influence of...

A unique and major contribution to the scholarly and policy debate on American foreign and economic policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. A volume that will be of interest to scholars and policy makers who struggle to understand the complex...

Whilst the views of leaders within the Church of England are frequently canvassed during periods of national crisis, little attention has been devoted to finding out whether there are Church perspectives on contemporary foreign policy issues. The Church...

Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa. While France has successfully integrated waves of immigrants in the past, this new influx poses a new variety of challenges -much as it does in...

2021 Book Award Winner, The Gospel Coalition (Public Theology & Current Events) Southwestern Journal of Theology 2021 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Baptist Studies) Christians are often thought of as defending only their own religious interests in...

Emilio Gentile, an internationally renowned authority on fascism and totalitarianism, argues that politics over the past two centuries has often taken on the features of religion, claiming as its own the prerogative of defining the fundamental purpose...

The Iranian revolution of 1979 overhauled not only the foundations of Iranian society, religion and politics, but also our understanding of the role of religion in modern government. Here Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi takes us on an enlightening journey,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506484761Author Lewis V. BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 454g

Before the Second Vatican Council, America's Catholics operated largely as a coherent voting bloc, usually in connection with the Democratic Party. Their episcopal leaders generally spoke for Catholics in political matters; at least, where America's...

In Religion and the Struggle for European Union, Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth delve into the powerful role of religion in shaping European attitudes on politics, political integration, and the national and continental identities of its leaders and...

God's word illumines the darkness of society. Dutch politician and historian Groen van Prinsterer's Unbelief and Revolution is a foundational work addressing the inherent tension between the church and secular society. Writing at the onset of...

Although apocalyptic visions and predictions have long been part of classical and contemporary Islam, David Cook's book is the first scholarly work to cover this disparate but influential body of writing. Cook puts the literature in context by examining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514004029Author Richard J. MouwFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 194gDimensions(mm)...

It is often claimed that local churches provide a significant proportion of social care today. This important new study considers the reality of the church's involvement to offer compelling and concrete recommendations for the future. It proposes a...

If America is sliding into a moral swamp, what's the best Christian response? The hardball approach of the religious right? Or is there a more productive way to engage our culture? Dean Merrill, a former vice president with Focus on the Family,...

A penetrating account of the religious critics of American liberalism, pluralism, and democracy—from the Revolution until today The conversation about the proper role of religion in American public life often revolves around what kind of polity the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310368823Author John KasichFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint ZondervanPublisher Zondervan

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514008621Author David T. KoyzisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 340g

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439926383Author Angelia R. WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506498287Author Amanda TylerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439926376Author Angelia R. WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

Explore the background and contemporary significance of Black religious activism in the USA. In 1787, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones left the predominantly white St. George Methodist Episcopal Church to protest the racism and discrimination they faced...

A scholarly resource specifically crafted to help readers navigate and better understand the religious, cultural, and political intersections of American views of religious faith and scientific inquiry. Do different religious faiths and traditions hold...

How does a regime, whose members have been actively involved in the previous one, appropriate and deploy religious ideas and rhetoric to cast itself as “born-again” and attractive? This book examines the invention of Zimbabwe’s “New Dispensation,” the...

In Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost, Vyacheslav Karpov and Rachel L. Schroeder demonstrate how Russia went from persecuting believers to jailing critics of religion, and why, in contrast, religious pluralism and tolerance have solidified in Ukraine. Offering a...

In Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost, Vyacheslav Karpov and Rachel L. Schroeder demonstrate how Russia went from persecuting believers to jailing critics of religion, and why, in contrast, religious pluralism and tolerance have solidified in Ukraine. Offering a...

By exploring the trajectories of Islamist parties in six diverse countries (Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia), this book provides a comparative analysis of the strategies employed by Islamist groups to confront established...

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S. provides a broad, inclusive, and rich range of chapters, in the study of religion and politics. Arranged in their historical context, chapters address themes of history, law, social and...

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439925980Author Felipe Amin FilomenoFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

‘Mark Vickers has given us a wonderful new reference book of the beliefs (and non-beliefs) of 20th-century PMs – a meaty volume that can also be consumed as a social history of British religion.’ THE TELEGRAPH ‘This carefully researched and well-written...

Forthcoming Fall 2024Book InformationISBN 9781439925997Author Felipe Amin FilomenoFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

From the co-authors of the New York Times-bestselling Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow-up, The Genius of Israel, breaking down the defining factors behind Israel's successful trajectory of...

Can the faith in God that most Americans share help us out of the political mess we’re in?As both a religiously observant person and a veteran of forty years in elective office, Senator Joe Lieberman is uniquely prepared to answer this question. In fact,...