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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Sacralization of Politics -- CHAPTER 1. A Never-Never Religion, A Substitute for Religion, or a New Religion? -- CHAPTER 2. Civil Religions and Political Religions: From Democratic Revolutions to Totalitarian States -- CHAPTER 3. The Leviathan as a Church: Totalitarianism and Political Religion -- CHAPTER 4. The Invasion of the Idols: Christians against Totalitarian Religions -- CHAPTER 5. Toward the Third Millennium: The Sacralization of Politics in States both New and Old -- CHAPTER 6. Religions of Politics: Definitions, Distinctions, and Qualifications -- Notes

1. Theology after Marxism -- 2. Marxism, theology and the meanings of 'critique' -- 3. Secular Redemption -- 4. Marxism and Buddhism: A History and Appraisal -- 5. Marxism and Sikhism: A reciprocal relationship -- 6. Marxism and the question of 'political religions': can Marxism be understood as a religious phenomenon? -- 7. Zapatismo and Theology of Liberation -- 8. Liberation Theology and Non-Dogmatic Marxism in the Philippines -- 9. From Freedom of Religion to Environmentalism and Democracy: Understanding the Political Praxis of Christian Activists in the Communist Party-State Vietnam -- 10. Marxism and Confucianism in China -- 11. The (im)possibilities of a Hindu Left in contemporary India -- 12.The Popular Movement of the Rif; towards a class analysis of popular Islam in the contemporary Maghreb -- 13. Marxism, Islam and the Iranian Revolution -- 14. Political Islam as Counterhegemony: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Limits of Appropriating Gramsci to the Egyptian Context.

This paper examines the impact religious affiliation and faith commitment exerts on the political life of one inner-London borough. It gives a historical sketch of the interaction of faith and politics in the period from about 1975-2006 and attempts some explanation of the patterns of voting in local elections and political involvement by members of the many faith communities which are found in the borough. The key to this is seen in the changing urban ecology of the area and the communal interests of particular ethno-religious groups who have striven and, to a measure, succeeded in gaining representation in local politics over this period. Drawing on many years participation observation, an analysis of the religious and community affiliations of elected members, and a series of interviews with Councillors and faith leaders, it reflects political issues and conflicts involving faith communities. Evidence will be presented which suggests that while many Christians involved in politics are primarily motivated individually by beliefs and values which centre on service to the whole community, politicians from other faith communities are more likely to be cast in a role as communal representatives and advocates of particular sections of the community.

Religion, conflict and post-secular politics : an introduction -- Section 1: Religious actors and democracy -- Religion and democratisation : what do we now know? -- Democratisation in the Middle East and North Africa : what is the effect of globalisation? -- Islam and democracy in East Africa -- The Arab Uprising, Islamists and democratisation -- Religion, democratization and secularization -- Section 2: Religion, human rights and civilisational interactions : postsecular politics and conflict -- Religion, democracy and civil liberties : theoretical perspectives and empirical ramifications -- Donald Trump, Judeo-Christian values, and the clash of civilisations -- The United Nations alliance of civilisations and global justice -- The United Nations alliance of civilizations and interfaith dialogue : what is it good for? -- From Huntington to Trump : twenty-five years of the clash of civilisations -- Concluding reflections on religion, conflict and post-secular politics.

A comparative overview of the relationship between religion and politics, covering all the major regions - Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia - and religions.