Handbook on Religion and International Relations

Description

This comprehensive Handbook examines relationships 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. Original chapters analyse how varying religions shape people’s attitudes towards the organisation and operations of political systems worldwide. As well as investigating core issues and topics such as religion, foreign policy, terrorism and international security, the Handbook also provides clarity on topical and controversial issues such as Islamist extremism, Hindu nationalism and Christian civilisationism. Top international contributors offer further analysis via important case studies of religion and international relations across the globe. Providing crucial information, this Handbook will be an excellent resource for higher-level students and researchers of religious studies, international relations and politics, as well as policy makers and professionals from a variety of backgrounds and orientations. Contents List of contributors Introduction: Religion and international relations in the twenty-first century • Jeffrey Haynes PART I: CORE ISSUES AND TOPICS 1. Religion in international relations: Theory and practice • Jeffrey Haynes 2. The rise and fall of secularism in international relations • Daniel Philpott 3. Religion and foreign policy • John A. Rees 4. Religion and transnational relations: Bridges, barriers and breakthroughs • Jonathan D. James 5. A feminist perspective on religion in international relations • Anne Jenichen 6. Political Islam and international relations theory • Jocelyne Cesari 7. Religion and international security: From confessionalization to securitization • Delphine Allès 8. International religious terrorism • Gus Martin PART II: DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES 9. The clash of civilizations, then and now • Jonathan Fox 10. Religion and the international politics of climate change • Katharina Glaab 11. Religion and international migration • Ayhan Kaya 12. Religion and international armed conflict: Why and how religion precipitates and intensifies it • Davis Brown 13. Engaging religion through diplomacy: The case of the United States • Peter Mandaville 14. Religion and international development • Katherine Marshall 15 .The international promotion of freedom of religion or belief: Key debates and divides • Marie Juul Petersen 16. Religiously affiliated organizations • Karsten Lehmann PART III: CASE STUDIES 17. Religion and the United Nations • Claudia Baumgart-Ochse 18. Religion in the European Union • Lucian N. Leustean and Jeffrey Haynes 19. Struggling with jihad over Jerusalem: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s approach to war and peace • Turan Kayaoglu 20. International relations and the pope • Mariano P. Barbato 21. Religion and America’s international relations • Lee Marsden 22. Religion and Iran’s international relations • Nikolay Kozhanov 23. Religion and Turkey’s international relations • İştar Gözaydın 24. Religion and India’s international relations • Catarina Kinnvall 25. Religious diplomacy and US–Israeli relations • Daniel G. Hummel Index