Atalia Omer, Jason A. Springs

Religious Nationalism

A Reference Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tackles the assumptions behind common understandings of religious nationalism, exploring the complex connections between religion, nationalism, conflict, and conflict transformation.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary World Issues
• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781598844399
• ISBN-10: 1598844393
• Artikelnr.: 34470832

Autorenporträt

Atalia Omer, Jason A. Springs

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 What Is "Religious" about "Religious Nationalism"?
Defining Nationalism
Misconceptions about Religious Nationalism
Challenging the Religion versus Secularism Model
Juergensmeyer: Supporting the Religious versus Secular Model
Hibbard: Challenging the Religious versus Secular Divide
Religious Aspects of Religious Nationalism?
Case Study: Northern Ireland and the Troubles
Holy Places and Holy Times in Religious Nationalism
Case Study: Northern Ireland and the Troubles
Case Study: Israel and Zionism
Ritual Practices in Religious Nationalism
Case Study: Marching Season (Northern Ireland)
Case Study: Ariel Sharon at the Dome of the Rock (Israel/Palestine)
Ethnoreligious Nationalism
Case Study: Jewish Elements of Zionism
Case Study: Serbian Nationalism in Yugoslavia
Case Study: Kosovo and the "Serbian Jerusalem,"
Religion and the Emergence of Premodern Nationalisms
Case Study: The Spanish Inquisition
Case Study: France
Challenging the Modern Secular Nationalism Model
Political Elites and the Shaping of Identity
Case Study: Egypt
Language, Literature, Texts, and Claims of Authenticity
Case Study: Hindutva and India
Case Study: Sri Lanka
Nationalism: A Replacement for Religion?
References
2 Nationalism: A Religion?
Introduction
Constructing and Conceiving Nationalism
Nations as Imagined Communities
Civil Religion as a Form of Nationalism
Markers of Civil Religion: Rituals, Myths, and Symbols
Self-Conception of Civil Religion: Origins, Identity, and Values
The Sacred Canopy: Unifying Society around Civil Religion
Civil Religion: Debunking the Myth of Religion as Antimodern
A False Dichotomy: Ethnic Nationalism versus Civic Nationalism
Discourse Analysis of Orientalism
Religion and Modernity-Compatible, Not Contradictory
The Challenge of Reductionism for Understanding Nationalism
Essentialist Approaches
Materialist Approaches
The Myth of Religious Violence
A Society Worshipping Itself?
Modernist Misconceptions of Religious Nationalism
Types and Forms
Assumptions and Misconceptions
Religion as a Force for Change
The Protestant Ethic
The Protestant Reformation and the Sovereign Nation-State
Religion in the Public Sphere
Exposing the Discourses of Secularism
Laicism Discourse
Judeo-Christian Discourse
Secular-Orientalist Discourse
Conclusion
References
3 Reimagining Religion and Nation: The Cases of Israel and the United
States
Introduction
Not a Sleeping Beauty: Anti-Semitism and the Negation of Exile
Colonialism
Orientalism
Arab Jews and Mizrahim: Challenges to Monolithic National Identity
Shas
The "Gush,"
A "New Israel": Puritan and Enlightenment Roots of Religious Nationalism in
the United States
Separation of Church and State
The Nation, the Land, and Manifest Destiny
"God's Almost Chosen People": Civil Religion, Nationalism, and the Civil
War
The Tradition of American Jeremiad
The Cold War: A Judeo-Christian Nation versus a Godless Society
The Ignoble Paradox of American Democracy: Race, Nation, and Religion
Religious Nationalism and the Emergence of the Religious Right
"One Nation under Vishnu": Pledging Allegiance to God and Country
Religious Diversity and National Identity in the Post-9/11 World
Islamophobia and the Ground Zero Mosque in American National Imagination
Conclusion
References
4 Chronologies
Religious Nationalism and Conflict Zones
Sri Lanka
Northern Ireland
Israel/Palestine
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
5 Biographical Sketches
Sri Lanka
Israel/Palestine
Israel
Northern Ireland
Nationalism in Islamic Contexts and Debates
6 Data and Documents
Nationalism as Civil Religion: The Case of the United States
An American Civil Religion: Central Motifs and Moments of Contestation
Official Speeches
Religion and the Authorization of Force and Empire
Contesting the Meanings of American National Identity
Religion and Exclusionary Interpretations of American National Identity
Religious Nationalism: Examples from around the World
Hindu Nationalism (India)
Sinhala Buddhism (Sri Lanka)
Israel: Religious Zionism
7 Directory of Organizations
8 Print Resources
Religion and Modern Nationalism
The Emergence of the "Nation,"
Public Religion, Conflict, and Violence: A Global Perspective
The Global "Resurgence" of Religion
Other Selected Books on Religion, Society, and the Discourses of Secularism
and Orientalism
Religion and Ethnonational Conflict (Select Cases)
India
Israel/Palestine
Sri Lanka
Northern Ireland
Religion, Democracy, and the Modern Nation-State
United States
Islamic Contexts
Religion and Peacebuilding
Glossary
Index
About the Authors