An Introduction to Religion and Politics

This fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject’s most significant debates, issues and methodologies.Asking the basic question of why religion remains relevant to politics in the modern era, Fox examines the influence of religious identity, beliefs, institutions and legitimacy on politics and surveys important approaches and issues found in the literature on religion and politics.This work will be essential reading for all students of religion and politics, comparative politics, international relations and security studies.