Religion and International Relations

Discussions of religion in international relations have often focused narrowly on religious fundamentalism and on the potentially negative consequences of religious differences. This book attempts to take a more balanced and much broader view of the subject, bringing together new research-based studies by specialists from international relations, history and theology. Case-studies and thematic analyses examine both seldom-discussed issues - such as the political consequences of large-scale religious change - and review old themes in new ways.

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NAZILA GHANEA Postgraduate student, Department of International Relations, Keele University HARRIET A. HARRIS Lecturer in Theology, University of Exeter PETER PALMER Brasenose College, Oxford C. RAM-PRASAD Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge SCOTT THOMAS School of Social Sciences, University of Bath ROGER WILLIAMSON Policy and Campaigns Director, Christian Aid CHRISTOPHER M. WYATT Research Fellow, University of Reading.

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Notes on the Contributors Introduction Religion and International Conflict; S.Thomas Theological Reflections on Religious Resurgence and International Stability: a Look at Protestant Evangelicalism; H.A.Harris Large-scale Religious Change and World Politics; K.Dark The Churches and the Conflict in Former Yugoslavia; P.Palmer Islamic Militancies and Disunity in the Middle East; C.M.Wyatt Islam, Human Rights and Religious Intolerance: The Case of the Bahis of Iran; N.Ghanea Hindu Nationalism and the International Relations of India; C.Ram-Prasad The Political Consequences of Large-scale Religious Change in China and the Asia-Pacific Region; K.Dark The Church of England in International Affairs: 1979 to mid-1997; R.Williamson Index