Religion and politics in the 21st century : global and local reflections / edited by Natalia Vlas and Vasile Boari.

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Table of contents; biographical notes of authors; acknowledgements; list of abbreviations; religion and politics; politics and religion in the age of global dialogue; religion in 21st century europe; "accommodating" religious rights in the uk; the politicization of islam in the context of global religious fundamentalism; what went right?; democracy and human rights in the judeo-christian perspective; the biblical milieu and the shaping of the democratic consciousness of western culture; christ and caesar; "thy kingdom come!"

The relation between the romanian state and the church under pressurethe political and ideological repositioning of the romanian orthodox church in post-communism; the "social partnership" between the church and state as a field of negotiation for the public status of religion in post-communist romania.

Religion and Politics in the 21st Century is composed of a number of articles that were presented during the 2012 international conference on ""Religion and Politics in the Globalization Era"" organized by the Centre for Political Analysis in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With careful attention given to 21st century religious resurgence and its dynamic interactions with political structures and the public sphere, the present volume captures a wide variety of perspectives on contemporary religion and p ...

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

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