Politics and the Religious Imagination (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dyck, John H. A.; Zimmermann, Jens; Rowe, Paul S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Politics and the Religious Imagination is the product of a group of interdisciplinary scholars each analyzing the connections between religious narratives and the construction of regional and global politics, combining a set of theoretical and philosophic insights with several case studies that represent varied geographies and religious customs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136953866
• Artikelnr.: 43822517

Autorenporträt

Paul S. Rowe is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trinity Western University Jens Zimmermann is Professor of English and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Interpretation and Culture at Trinity Western University John H. A. Dyck is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trinity Western University All three are senior research fellows in the Religion, Culture, and Conflict Research Group based at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Rowe, Zimmermann, and Dyck Section 1: Imagining Religion
and Politics 2. Politics and the Religious Imagination Richard Kearney 3.
Imagining the Catechism of the Citizen Simon Critchley 4. Catechising the
Secular Imagination: a Response to Simon Critchley Jens Zimmermann Section
2: The Religious Imagination in American Politics 5. Agents of Change:
Lyndon Johnson, Catholics, and Civil Rights Lawrence McAndrews 6. Narrating
Desire: the Gospel of Wealth in Christian America David Gutterman 7. Green
for God: Religious Environmentalists in the United States Andrew Pieper 8.
Understanding Jewish Women and their Efforts to Secure Political Power
Terri Fine Section 3: The Religious Imagination in Global Politics 9.
Accomodating the Other: Lessons from Encounters between Christianity and
Confucianism in Early Modern China Hassan Bashir 10. Charles Taylor's
Modernity in a Latin American Catholicism Gustavo Morello 11. Telling
Multiple Stories: the BJP's Appeal to Group-Specific Interests and the
Hindutva Master Frame Shelly Ghai 12. Crosscutting Narratives: Diaspora and
Indigenous Movements among Coptic Christians in Egypt Paul Rowe 13.
Conclusion Rowe, Zimmermann and Dyck