Contributors: Stephen Dawson, Jodok Troy, Gertjan Dijkink, John A. Rees, Mark S. Cladis, Fabio Petito, Linda Woodhead, Jonathan Fox, Brendan Sweetman, Don Handelman, Scott W. Hibbard, Ruy Llera Blanes, Fang-long Shih, Kaarina Aitamurto, Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Lee Marsden, Shireen T. Hunter, Nilay Saiya, Dan G. Cox, Pauline Kollontai, François Foret, James L. Guth, Brent F. Nelsen, Paul S. Rowe, J. Paul Martin, Allen D. Hertzke, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Jonathan Benthall, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Timothy Fitzgerald.

Table of contents

Introduction
– Luke M. Herrington and Alasdair MacKay

The Religious Resurgence: Problems and Opportunities for International Relations Theory
– Stephen Dawson

‘Little Do They Know…’ How (Not) to Theorise Religion and International Relations
– Jodok Troy

Shifting Territorial Orders and Religion
– Gertjan Dijkink

The Four Religions of Foreign Policy
– John A. Rees

Looking Back to See Forward: Romanticism, Religion and the Secular in Modernity
– Mark S. Cladis

The Contemporary Ambiguities of Religions as a Source of Civilisational Identity
– Fabio Petito

Religion’s Changing Form and Relation to the State Since 1989
– Linda Woodhead

The Secular–Religious Competition Perspective
– Jonathan Fox

Church, State and Culture: Should Religion Be a Private Matter?
– Brendan Sweetman

Holism, Religion and Geopolitics
– Don Handelman

Religious Politics and the Rise of Illiberal Religion
– Scott W. Hibbard

Assessing State and Religious Institutions: A Comment from the Case of Angola
– Ruy Llera Blanes

The Geopolitics of Religious Performance in Twenty-First Century Taiwan
– Fang-Long Shih

More Russian than Orthodox Christianity: Russian Paganism as Nationalist Politics
– Kaarina Aitamurto

Sociotheology: The Significance of Religious Worldviews
– Mona Kanwal Sheikh

What’s God Got to Do with It? Violence, Hostility and Religion Today
– Lee Marsden

The Future of Islamic State Systems in Light of Rising Sectarian Tensions
– Shireen T. Hunter

The Geopolitics of Religious Liberty
– Nilay Saiya

Is There a Religious Diversity Peace Dividend?
– Dan G. Cox

Inter-Religious Work for Peace through Globalised Transnational Civil Society
– Pauline Kollontai

Faith-Based Organisations at the United Nations
– Jeffrey Haynes

National Religions: How to Be Both Under God and Under the European Union?
– François Foret

Religion in the European Union: The Forgotten Factor
– Brent F. Nelsen and James L. Guth

Religious Movements and Religion’s Contribution to Global Civil Society
– Paul S. Rowe

Whose God? A Human Rights Approach
– J. Paul Martin

Global Christian Networks for Human Dignity
– Allen D. Hertzke

Islam and Human Rights in Pakistan
– Ishtiaq Ahmed

Building a Reform Movement: Could Muslims Emulate Nineteenth Century Judaism?
– Jonathan Benthall

The Religion Agenda: The Sahrawi Refugees and the Politics of Tolerance
– Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Conclusion
– Tim Fitzgerald