Atalia Omer, Jason A. Springs

Religious Nationalism

A Reference Handbook

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tackles the assumptions behind common understandings of religious nationalism, exploring the complex connections between religion, nationalism, conflict, and conflict transformation.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary World Issues
• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781598844399
• ISBN-10: 1598844393
• Artikelnr.: 34470832

Autorenporträt

Atalia Omer, PhD, is assistant professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, IN. She earned her doctorate from the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. Jason A. Springs is assistant professor of religion, ethics, and peace studies at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, IN, where he also holds an appointment as faculty fellow in the Center for the Study of Religion and Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 What Is "Religious" about "Religious Nationalism"? Defining
Nationalism Misconceptions about Religious Nationalism Challenging the
Religion versus Secularism Model Juergensmeyer: Supporting the Religious
versus Secular Model Hibbard: Challenging the Religious versus Secular
Divide Religious Aspects of Religious Nationalism? Case Study: Northern
Ireland and the Troubles Holy Places and Holy Times in Religious
Nationalism Case Study: Northern Ireland and the Troubles Case Study:
Israel and Zionism Ritual Practices in Religious Nationalism Case Study:
Marching Season (Northern Ireland) Case Study: Ariel Sharon at the Dome of
the Rock (Israel/Palestine) Ethnoreligious Nationalism Case Study: Jewish
Elements of Zionism Case Study: Serbian Nationalism in Yugoslavia Case
Study: Kosovo and the "Serbian Jerusalem," Religion and the Emergence of
Premodern Nationalisms Case Study: The Spanish Inquisition Case Study:
France Challenging the Modern Secular Nationalism Model Political Elites
and the Shaping of Identity Case Study: Egypt Language, Literature, Texts,
and Claims of Authenticity Case Study: Hindutva and India Case Study: Sri
Lanka Nationalism: A Replacement for Religion? References 2 Nationalism: A
Religion? Introduction Constructing and Conceiving Nationalism Nations as
Imagined Communities Civil Religion as a Form of Nationalism Markers of
Civil Religion: Rituals, Myths, and Symbols Self-Conception of Civil
Religion: Origins, Identity, and Values The Sacred Canopy: Unifying Society
around Civil Religion Civil Religion: Debunking the Myth of Religion as
Antimodern A False Dichotomy: Ethnic Nationalism versus Civic Nationalism
Discourse Analysis of Orientalism Religion and Modernity-Compatible, Not
Contradictory The Challenge of Reductionism for Understanding Nationalism
Essentialist Approaches Materialist Approaches The Myth of Religious
Violence A Society Worshipping Itself? Modernist Misconceptions of
Religious Nationalism Types and Forms Assumptions and Misconceptions
Religion as a Force for Change The Protestant Ethic The Protestant
Reformation and the Sovereign Nation-State Religion in the Public Sphere
Exposing the Discourses of Secularism Laicism Discourse Judeo-Christian
Discourse Secular-Orientalist Discourse Conclusion References 3 Reimagining
Religion and Nation: The Cases of Israel and the United States
Introduction Not a Sleeping Beauty: Anti-Semitism and the Negation of Exile
Colonialism Orientalism Arab Jews and Mizrahim: Challenges to Monolithic
National Identity Shas The "Gush," A "New Israel": Puritan and
Enlightenment Roots of Religious Nationalism in the United States
Separation of Church and State The Nation, the Land, and Manifest Destiny
"God's Almost Chosen People": Civil Religion, Nationalism, and the Civil
War The Tradition of American Jeremiad The Cold War: A Judeo-Christian
Nation versus a Godless Society The Ignoble Paradox of American Democracy:
Race, Nation, and Religion Religious Nationalism and the Emergence of the
Religious Right "One Nation under Vishnu": Pledging Allegiance to God and
Country Religious Diversity and National Identity in the Post-9/11 World
Islamophobia and the Ground Zero Mosque in American National Imagination
Conclusion References 4 Chronologies Religious Nationalism and Conflict
Zones Sri Lanka Northern Ireland Israel/Palestine The Muslim Brotherhood in
Egypt 5 Biographical Sketches Sri Lanka Israel/Palestine Israel Northern
Ireland Nationalism in Islamic Contexts and Debates 6 Data and Documents
Nationalism as Civil Religion: The Case of the United States An American
Civil Religion: Central Motifs and Moments of Contestation Official
Speeches Religion and the Authorization of Force and Empire Contesting the
Meanings of American National Identity Religion and Exclusionary
Interpretations of American National Identity Religious Nationalism:
Examples from around the World Hindu Nationalism (India) Sinhala Buddhism
(Sri Lanka) Israel: Religious Zionism 7 Directory of Organizations 8 Print
Resources Religion and Modern Nationalism The Emergence of the "Nation,"
Public Religion, Conflict, and Violence: A Global Perspective The Global
"Resurgence" of Religion Other Selected Books on Religion, Society, and the
Discourses of Secularism and Orientalism Religion and Ethnonational
Conflict (Select Cases) India Israel/Palestine Sri Lanka Northern Ireland
Religion, Democracy, and the Modern Nation-State United States Islamic
Contexts Religion and Peacebuilding Glossary Index About the Authors