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Discussions of religion in international relations have often focused narrowly on religious fundamentalism and on the potentially negative consequences of religious differences. This book attempts to take a more balanced and much broader view of the subject, bringing together new research-based studies by specialists from international relations, history and theology. Case-studies and thematic analyses examine both seldom-discussed issues - such as the political consequences of large-scale religious change - and review old themes in new ways

The fall and rise of religion in international relations : history and theory / Timothy Samuel Shah and Daniel Philpott -- Secularism and international relations theory / Elizabeth Shakman Hurd -- Another Great Awakening? International relations theory and religion / Michael Barnett -- Religion, rationality, and violence / Monica Duffy Toft -- Religion and international relations : no leap of faith required / Daniel H. Nexon -- In the service of state and nation : religion in East Asia / Il Hyun Cho and Peter J. Katzenstein -- Religion's contribution to international relations theory / Emily Cochran and Jack Snyder

Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Introduction -- A diplomatic journey -- A methodological overview -- Integrating religion in international relations? -- Religions and violence: myths and reality -- The role of religions in conflict prevention and resolution -- Non-state transnational religious actors -- Book structure -- Part I A Theoretical Overview -- 1 Religion and World Politics -- Religions and inter-state relations -- Religions and internationalism -- Religions and transnationalism -- Religions and globalism -- 2 Religions and Global Governance -- Polity -- Politics -- Policy -- Secularization and governance -- Part II Issues and Applications -- 3 Islam between National and International Politics -- Geopolitics and identity -- Political transitions in the Arab-Islamic world -- Politics and religion in Pakistan: international and transnational dimensions -- The international context -- The analytical context: transnational religions -- Religions and "soft power" -- Transnational Islam: Pakistan as a case-study -- 4 The Catholic Church and the Global Shift of Power -- Interpreting globalization. Between Augustine and Thomas Aquinas -- The Church and the "New World" -- 5 Religious Freedom in the International Practice -- Reciprocity? -- Reporting on religious freedom: credibility and legitimacy -- Standards, actors, legitimacy and policy -- Current practices -- Italian foreign policy and religious freedom -- A case study: the Italian "Observatory on Religious Freedom" -- Index

This comprehensive Handbook examines the relationship between religion and international relations, mainly focusing on several world religions - Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism. Providing a timely update on this understudied topic, it evaluates how this complex relationship has evolved over the last four decades, looking at a variety of political contexts, regions and countries.

Islam and Western civilization, faith and conflict, theology, and multiculturalism and pluralism; theoretical, religious, and political approaches; 12 articles.

Introduction 1. - Part I: A Theoretical Overview. - 1. Religion and world politics 25. - 2. Religions and global governance 41. - Part II: Issues and Applications . - 3. Islam between national and international politics 53 . - 4. The Catholic Church and the global shift of power 92. - 5. Religious Freedom in the international practice 104

Mainuddin, Rolin G.: Religion and politics in the developing world: explosive interactions. - Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. - 159 S. + Enthält Rezensionen von: Petito, F. ; Hatzopoulos, P.: Religion in international relations. The return from exil. - New York: Palgrave, 2003. - 286 S. + Compton, R. W. Jr.: Transforming East Asia domestic and international politics. The impact of economy and globalization. - Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. - 204 S

Until the end of the Cold War, it is not an exaggeration to say that only a few theorists of International Relations (IR) or policy-makers engaged in either substantial investigation or articulation of the links between cultural variables like religion and ethnicity on one hand and international affairs on the other. In our article, we argue that this pattern does not do justice to the nature of mainstream IR theories. Although studies are accumulating, how (or whether) religion as a variable can be integrated into mainstream IR thinking still remains in question. We look at three main traditions in IR theory — classical realism, structural realism and neoliberalism — to see how religion can contribute to our understanding of international affairs within those frameworks. We claim that, without stretching the limits of theories or disturbing their intellectual coherence, possibilities for two-way interactions between the frameworks and identity-related variables like religion can be identified.