Daniel Philpott

Timothy Samuel Shah

Monica Duffy Toft

A fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion’s political influence across the globe. Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have? Despite predictions of its decline, religion has resurged in political influence across the globe, helped by the very forces that were supposed to bury it: democracy, globalization, and technology. And despite recent claims that religion is exclusively irrational and violent, its political influence is in fact diverse, sometimes promoting civil war and terrorism but at other times fostering democracy, reconciliation, and peace. Looking across the globe, the authors explain what generates these radically divergent behaviors. In a time when the public discussion of religion is overheated, these dynamic young scholars use deeply original analysis and sharp case studies to show us both how and why religion’s influence on global politics is surging. Finally they offer concrete suggestions on how to both confront the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities posed by globally resurgent religion.

God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics

Alfred C. Stepan

Drawing on the work of leading scholars as well as policy makers and analysts, this volume offers the most comprehensive and accessible exploration to date of the major puzzles, issues, and questions surrounding the complex and increasingly visible role of religion in world affairs.

Rethinking Religion and World Affairs

Allen D. Hertzke

Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most distinguished scholars, it documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights and religious freedom; fighting injustice; stimulating economic equality; providing education, social services, and health care; and nurturing democratic civil society. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how this very Christian link to freedom often invites persecution. What are the dimensions of persecution and how are Christians responding to that pressure? What resources - theological, social, or transnational - do they marshal in leavening their societies? What will be lost if the Christian presence is marginalized? The answers to these questions are of crucial relevance in a world awash with religious extremism and deepening instability.

Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives

The first systematic global study of how Christians respond to persecution, presenting new research by leading scholars of global Christianity.

How Christians Respond to Persecution

Under Caesar's Sword

Un nutrido grupo de expertos se reúnen en América para buscar soluciones capaces de curar el fundamentalismo. Algunos son cristianos, otros judíos, o musulmanes. Les une el deseo de investigar si hay motivos razonables para defender la libertad religiosa de los crecientes ataques que recibe en todo el planeta, y qué relación guarda esa falta de libertad con el aumento de los fundamentalismos. La exposición es de una claridad sorprendente, al mostrar que el ataque se lleva a cabo no solo en la persecución abierta y con frecuencia sangrienta, sino en los textos académicos y legislativos.

Timothy Samuel Shah

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