Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-532340-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 705 g

Religious pluralism is everywhere in today's politics. Increased immigration flows, the collapse of communism, and the globalization of communications technologies have all fostered a wider variety of religious beliefs, practices, and organizations within and across democratic societies. This is true in both the United States and Europe, where growing and diverse minority communities are transforming the political landscape. As a result, controversies over such things as headscarves and depictions of Mohammed are unsettling a largely secular Europe, while a Christian majority in the US faces familiar questions about church-state relations amidst unprecedented religious diversity. Far from receding into the background, religious language pervades arguments around established issues such as abortion and capital punishment, and new ones such as stem cell research and same-sex marriage. In Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism, leading scholars from multiple disciplines explore these dynamics and their implications for democratic theory and practice. What are the contours of this new religious pluralism? What are its implications for the theory and practice of democracy? Does increasing religious pluralism erode the cultural and social foundations of democracy? To what extent do different religious communities embrace similar -- or at least compatible -- ethical and political commitments? By seeking answers to these questions and revealing religious pluralism as both a source of animosity and a potent force for peaceful engagement, this book offers a revealing look at the future of religion in democratic societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banchoff, Thomas F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction--Thomas Banchoff

- Part 1: Challenges of Religious Pluralism in a Global Era

- 2: Causes of Quarrel: What's Special about Religious Disputes?--Kwame Anthony Appiah

- 3: On the Possibility of Religious Pluralism--Pratap Bhanu Mehta

- 4: Toleration, Proselytizing, and the Politics of Recognition--Jean Bethke Elshtain

- 5: The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order--John Witte, Jr.

- Part 2: Religious Actors in World Politics

- 6: Building Sustainable Peace: The Roles of Local and Transnational Religious Actors--R. Scott Appleby

- 7: Religious Actors and Transitional Justice--Leslie Vinjamuri and Aaron P. Boesenecker

- 8: Religion and Global Development: Intersecting Paths--Katherine Marshall

- 9: Peaceful Movements in the Muslim World--Thomas Michel, S.J.

- 10: Trans-state Muslim Movements and Militant Extremists in an Era of Soft Power--John O. Voll

- 11: Religious Pluralism and the Politics of a Global Cloning Ban--Thomas Banchoff

- 12: US Foreign Policy and Global Religious Pluralism--Elizabeth H. Prodromou

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Banchoff is Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. He is the author of The German Problem Transformed: Institutions, Politics, and Foreign Policy (1999) and Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity (1999).