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Abstract:
This book examines the consequences of political interactions involving the state and religious actors in Christian, Muslim and Judaist contexts. Building on research, the basic premise of this text is that religious actors – including Islamist groups, the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox churches – pose various challenges for citizenship, democracy, and secularisation in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The key questions on which the book focuses are: Why, how, and when do religious actors seek to influence political outcomes in these regions?
Contents:
1. Religion and Politics in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa - Jeffrey Haynes
Citizenship
2. Church, State, and the Politics of Citizenship: A Comparative Study of 19 Western Democracies - Michael Minkenberg
3. The Orthodox Church and Greek-Turkish Relations: Religion as Source of Rivalry or Conciliation? - Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Secularisation
4. Religion and Secularism in Israel: Between Politics and Sub-Politics - Guy Ben-Porat
5. Between mediation and commitment: The Catholic Church and the Basque conflict - Xabier Itçaina
6. E. Unum Pluribus: The role of religion in the project of European integration - John T. S. Madeley
Democracy
7. Political Islam and Islamic Capital: The case of Turkey - Isik Özel
8. The Jamiat al-Adl wal-Ihsan: Religion, Political Opposition and Stalled Democratisation in Morocco - Francesco Cavatorta
9. The Church in Opposition: Religious Actors, Lobbying and Catholic Voters in Italy - Luigi Ceccarini
10. Morality Politics in a Catholic Democracy: A Hard Road Towards Liberalization of Gay Rights in Poland - Anja Hennig
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