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Der von Manfred Brocker und Mathias Hildebrandt herausgegebene Band stellt die Frage nach dem friedensstiftenden Potential von Religion. Dieses wurde angesichts der von Samuel Huntington entfachten Diskussion vom religionsimprägnierten "Kampf der Kulturen" und insbesondere nach dem 11. September 2001 kaum noch wahrgenommen. Mit der vorliegenden Publikation, hervorgegangen aus der bereits 2004 zum Thema durchgeführten Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises 'Politik und Religion' der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, setzten die Herausgeber bei diesem Manko an. Die interdisziplinär angelegten Beiträge des Bandes analysieren das Befriedungspotential religiöser Akteure aus theologischer, historischer, philosophischer und politikwissenschaftlicher Perspektive und lösen das Ziel des Bandes, durch eine erste Bestandsaufnahme zum Thema zu weiteren Studien anzuregen, konstruktiv ein. Im Kern besteht die Beantwortung der titelgebenden Ausgangsfrage aus einem "Ja, wenn", wobei diese vermeintlich simple Schlussfolgerung in ihrer Komplexität entfaltet wird und neben erforderlichen Bedingungen gute Gründe und Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt werden, warum es notwendig und gewinnbringend ist, Religion mit wohlwollender Offenheit zu begegnen.

The controversy over mixing religion and politics has not kept religion apart from government. Religious groups participate in a wide variety of political activities. But religious groups in the United States are not organized as political parties or political machines. There is a relation between religious affiliation and party affiliation. The correlation, however, does not usually indicate a "religious" vote. In part, the relation reflects socio-economic status. For Catholics and Jews it is very much a result of awareness of minority status. As minority awareness declines, trends in voting change. There is no pattern of voting for or against candidates because of their religion. The importance of religion in a presidential election cannot be assessed on the basis of other elections. The election of a Catholic president would not change the nature of our government, but it would have an effect on American politics.

Major religious traditions and recent developments within them. Partial contents: The curious path of conservative Protestantism, by Phillip E. Hammond; American Catholicism in the mid-eighties: pluralism and conflict in a changing church, by Patrick H. McNamara; From integration to survival: American Jewish anxieties in transition, by Steven M. Cohen and Leonard J. Fein; Jesse Jackson and the symbolic politics of Black Christendom, by James Melvin Washington.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Democracy and Religion in the Market -- 1 Denominational Uncoupling in a Divestment Age: Religion in the History of the American University -- 2 Markets, Religion, and Moral Deliberation: The Affordable Care Act's Contraceptive Mandate -- 3 Regulating Religion in the Public Arena: Lessons Learned from Global Data Collections -- 4 Shots Not Fired in the Culture War: Commercial Litigation in Contemporary Rabbinical Courts -- 5 Go Tell It [to the IRS]: American Suspicions Around Religious Profit-Making -- 6 The Liberty of the Will in Theology Permits the Liberated Markets of Liberalism -- 7 Neutral Principles and Legal Pluralism -- 8 Markets as Moral Contexts: An Account Based in Catholic Theological Anthropology -- 9 Regulating Religious Performance on the Commercial Stage -- Index.

The work of twenty-two scholars is brought together in this comparative study of the emerging relationships between religion and politics in India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Part I, "South Asia: Unity and Diversity," presents a comparative analysis of religio-political patterns in the three countries. Part II, "India: The Politics of Religious Pluralism," emphasizes the rich diversity of Indian religious life and its political consequences. Part III, "Pakistan: The Politics of Islamic Identity," is chiefly concerned with the political, ideological, and legal problems which Pakistan has faced. Part IV, "Ceylon: The Politics of Buddhist Resurgence," emphasizes the dramatic developments by which Buddhists have become deeply involved in politics. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905