Religion und Politik

Religion and politics are in a complex and tense relationship. This book, which is aimed at students of the humanities and social sciences, explains the changing significance of faith in modern secular societies. It covers key legal, cultural and moral–political aspects and analyses the ambivalent effects that religious identities have in terms of violence and democracy. In six chapters, combining foundational texts, diagrams and statistical data, historical developments and controversies are made as transparent as the current challenges that growing religious diversity implies in areas such as integration, fanaticism and discrimination.