ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 2003. This subject area of this work cross-cuts conventional sub-disciplinary boundaries in the study of comparative politics. Connections between religion and and politics can be identified in all of the thematic areas covered by the articles within.

part I|215 pages

Religion and Regime

chapter 5|25 pages

Buddhaputra and Bhumiputra?

Dilemmas of Modern Sinhala Buddhist Monks in Relation to Ethnic and Political Conflict

chapter 7|29 pages

Democracy and Religious Politics

Evidence From Belgium

part II|156 pages

The Politics of Church–State Relations

chapter 10|13 pages

The New Religious State

part III|154 pages

Religion and Electoral Politics

part IV|166 pages

Religion, Public Policy and the Politics of Identity