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Conceptual and Theoretical Introduction
- “Politics” & “Religion”: Conceptual Analysis
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 1: Introduction and General Theoretical Overview.
Plesner, Ingvill Thorson: Section 3.2.5.1. (“Religio-political models”) from the PhD Dissertation Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Quest for State Neutrality? University of Oslo, 2008. 5 pages.
Nongbri, Brent. Before Religion. Yale University Press, 2015.
Chapter 5: Renaissance, Reformation, and Religion in the 16th and 17th Centuries, pp. 85-105. 21 pages.
Chapter 6: New Worlds, New Religions, World Religions, pp. 106-131. 26 pages.
Conclusion: After Religion? pp. 154-159. 6 pages.
- Politics as a Form of Religion
Gentile, Emilio. Politics as Religion. Princeton University Press, 2006. Translated by George Staunton. 160 pages.
Global Diversity: Major Religions and Geographical Areas
- The Catholic Church as Geopolitics
(With guest lecture by Ole Jakob Løland)
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 2: The Vatican, Roman Catholicism, and Liberation.
Faggioli, Massimo. Catholicism and Citizenship. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2017. 67-93.
Mazo, Jeffrey. “The Pope’s Divisions”. Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 57 (4), 2015. 203-212. 9 pages.
Thorsen, Jakob Egeris. “Trends in Global Catholicism. The Refractions and Transformations of a World Church” in Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity. Themes and Developments in Culture, Politics, and Society. Edited by Hunt, Stephen H. 2015. 29-47. 19 pages.
- Religious politics in Latin America
(With guest lecture by Ole Jakob Løland)
Smith, Amy Erica. Religion and Brazilian Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 1-46, 162-175. 59 pages.
Balmer, Randall. “Evangelical Christian Community in North and South America,” in The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions. Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, (OUP, 2006). 7 pages.
Freston, Paul. “Pentecostals and Politics in Latin America: Compromise or Prophetic Witness?” in Spirit and Power: The Growth and Global Impact of Pentecostalism. Edited by Donald E. Miller, Kimon H. Sargeant, and Richard Flory. 19 pages.
Løland, Ole Jakob. “Hugo Chávez’s Appropriation of Liberationist Legacy in Latin America. Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception, 6 (2), 123-160. 37 pages.
Sigmund, Paul E. “Latin American Catholic Societies,” in The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions. Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer. (OUP, 2006). 7 pages.
Zúquete, Jose Pedro, “Populism and Religion” in The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Edited by Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Paul Taggart, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, and Pierre Ostiguy (OUP, 2017). 24 pages.
- Christianity in US Politics
(Guest lecture by Randall J. Stephens)
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 3: Christianity and US Foreign Policy.
Daniel K. Williams, “The Christian Right’s Partisan Commitment,” Historically Speaking (April 2011): 7-9. 2 pages.
Mitchem, Stephanie Y. “Gendered Politics of Religious Intimacies,” in Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere. Edited by Niamh Reilly and Stacey Scriver. New York: Routledge, 2014. 9 pages.
Harvey, Paul. “Civil Rights Movements and Religion in America,” in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Edited by John Barton. 2016. 18 pages.
Graziano, Michael. “Race, the Law, and Religion in America,” in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Edited by John Barton. 2016. 21 pages.
- Religion and Politics in the Nordic Countries
Furseth, Inger (ed.). Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere: Comparing Nordic Countries. Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
Chapter 2: Changing Religious Landscapes in the Nordic Countries. 31-80. 49 pages.
Chapter 3: Religion and State: Complexity in Change. 81-135. 54 pages.
Chapter 4: Religion on the Political Agenda. 137-191. 54 pages.
Bøe, Marianne. “Lived Experiences of Norway’s Regulation of Mahr (the Muslim Dower),” Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 01 / 2018 (Volum 31). 58-74. 16 pages.
- Judaism and Politics
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 4: Judaism, Zionism, and Israeli Foreign Policy.
Halperin-Kaddari, Ruth & Yaacov Yadgar. “Between Universal Feminism and Particular Nationalism: Politics, Religion and Gender (In)equality in Israel,” in Third World Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2010, pp 905–920. 15 pages.
- Islam and Politics
(Guest lecture by Sindre Bangstad)
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 5: Political Islam and the State.
Shaheed, Farida. “Contested Identities: Gendered Politics, Gendered Religion in Pakistan” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2010, pp 851–867. 16 pages.
- Religion and Politics in Africa
(Guest lecture by Gina Linde)
Ellis, Stephen & Gerrie ter Haar. “Religion and politics in Sub-Saharan Africa,” in The Journal of Modern African Studies, 36, 2 (1998), pp. 175–201. 26 pages.
Abbink, Jon. “Religion and Politics in Africa: The Future of ‘The Secular’,” in Africa Spectrum, 49, 3 (2014), pp. 83-106. 23 pages.
Pereira, Charmaine & Jibrin Ibrahim. “On the Bodies of Women: The Common Ground between Islam and Christianity in Nigeria” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2010, pp 921–937. 16 pages.
- Religion and Politics in India
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 6: Religion and Politics in India.
Hasan, Zoya. “Gender, Religion and Democratic Politics in India,” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2010, pages 939–954. 15 pages.
- Buddhism and Politics
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 7: Buddhism and Politics.
- Religion and Politics in Japan
Kawahashi, Noriko. “When It Comes to Gender Equality, Religion in Japan Lags Behind.” January 7, 2016. https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/when-it-comes-gender-equality-religion-japan-lags-behind-0. 2 pages.
Josephson, Jason Ānanda. The Invention of Religion in Japan. The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Chapter 5: Formations of the Shinto Secular. 132-163. 31 pages.
Chapter 6: Taming Demons. 164-191. 27 pages.
Chapter 7: The Invention of Japanese Religion. 192-223. 31 pages.
Chapter 8: Religion within Limits. 224-240(?). 16 pages.
Toyoda, Maria A. & Aiji Tanaka. “Religion and Politics in Japan.” Chapter 12 of Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, The Few, and The Many. Edited by Ted G. Jelen & Clyde Wilcox. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 269-288. 19 pages.
Trends and Themes: Religion and Global Order
- Religion, Democracy, and Human Rights
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 8: Religion, Democracy, and Human Rights.
Gürsel, Esra Demir. “Regulating Women's Bodies in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Right,” Chapter 12 of Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere. Edited by Niamh Reilly and Stacey Scriver. Routledge, 2014. 155-167. 12 pages.
- Religion and Violence
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 9: Religion and War.
---. “Religious Violence as Modern Myth,” Political Theology, 15:6: Special Issue on Religious Violence as Modern Myth, (2014), 486-502. 16 pages.
- Religion and Conflict Resolution
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 10: Religion and Conflict Resolution.
Bradley, T. “Religion as a Bridge between Theory and Practice in Work on Violence against Women in Rajasthan.” Journal of Gender Studies 19, no. 4 (2010): 361-375. 14 pages.
- Transnational Religion, Globalization, and the Developing World
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. Chapter 11: Transnational Religion, Globalization, and Development.
Rowe, Paul S. Religion and Global Politics. OUP, 2012. 296 pages.
Total pages: 1197. I will remove some articles and/or skip some sections after I assess the needs and backgrounds of the students.