Transnational Religion in an Expanding Europe

Katzenstein, Peter J.; Byrnes, Timothy A.

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“…14 In particular the work of Mohammed Ahrari (1987). 15 Here he cites the work by Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye (1973) and by Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink (1998) 16 See for example: Huntington (1996), Rudolph and Piscatori (1997), Philpott (2002), Thomas (2005), Katzenstein and Byrnes (2006), Shani (2008), Mendelsohn (2012). 17 Compare this, for instance, with the excellent work by Nukhet Sandal (2011) who draws from constructivist IR theorizing on epistemic communities to conceptualize religious agency, while simultaneously showing how a focus on religious groups can expand our understanding of epistemic communities and move forward 'secular' constructivist IR theorizing.…”

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Religion and American foreign policy in the context of the postsecular turn in world politics and the social sciences

Bettiza

2013

Int Polit Rev

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| Despite longstanding research on religion and American politics, there has been little sustained attention to the relationship between religion and American foreign policy. This state of affairs is changing and markedly so. The past few years have witnessed an ever-growing stream of books across disciplines and perspectives seeking to understand and explain why, when and how religious individuals, organizations, ideas, identities and practices matter (or ought to matter) to INTERNATIONAL POLITICS REVIEWS | IPR VOLUME 1 | SEPTEMBER 2013 | 11America's international conduct across time and issues. Why this sudden change? This review article contextualizes and relates this literature to the wider postsecular turn in the social world and the social sciences. It argues that research on religion and American policy has much to gain from a more consistent dialogue and engagement with the broader postsecular literature in international relations, and vice versa. The article concludes by highlighting seven promising avenues for further theoretical reflection and empirical research.

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Religion and American foreign policy in the context of the postsecular turn in world politics and the social sciences

Bettiza

2013

Int Polit Rev

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“…Currently, religion is resurgent in Nigeria and other parts of the world, notably in the USA and Europe, among others. These regions have all experienced a revival in the fortunes of religion in the public arena and increased prominence in politics (Berger, 1999; Fox, 2013: 23; Haynes, 1998, 2007; Katzenstein and Byrnes, 2006). The unsecularisation of the world is one of the dominant social facts of the late 20th century, as noted by Weigel (1991).…”

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Muslim Organisation and the Mobilisations for Sharia Law in northern Nigeria: The JNI and The NSCIA

Anyia

2016

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This paper examines the role of Muslim religious organisations in northern Nigeria as religious interest groups in relation to government decision-making, including their role as ‘superior Muslim influence’ in the introduction and dissemination of Sharia law in 12 northern states in Nigeria. Two of the most prominent Muslim organisations in Nigeria, the J’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), are examined in this regard to compare and highlight their lobbying strategies in their attempt to justify claims to representing over 80 million Muslims in Nigeria. This paper suggest that Islam and the support from Muslim organisations were significant influences on government policy-makers involved in the process of adopting Sharia law in the northern states. Overall, this paper concludes that Muslim organisations have superior influence, have significantly marginalised non-Muslims and have focused on Sharia law policy, thus enabling an analysis of the relationship between religion and politics in Nigeria.

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“…In recent years Europe has been experiencing a revival of religion in public life, and religion has gained increased prominence in politics (Foret and Itçaina 2008;Katzenstein 2006;Katzenstein and Byrnes 2006;Koenig 2005Koenig , 2007. This has prompted a number of studies in the area of religious governance (see, inter alia, Bader 2007;Fetzer and Soper 2004;Maussen 2007).…”

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Religious Organisations as Political Actors in the Context of Migration: Islam and Orthodoxy in Austria

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Rosenberger

Stoeckl

2010

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This paper investigates how immigration and concerns over integration are changing established modes of cooperation between church and state in Austria. Focusing on the relationship between officially recognised Muslim and Eastern Orthodox organisations and the state, we examine how the mounting politicisation of immigrant integration has led the state to collaborate with minority religious organisations as representatives of immigrants and is increasing the opportunities for such religious groups to be visible and express voice in the public sphere. Based on interviews, policy documents and literature, we analyse how the modes of cooperation between religious organisations and the state are moving from a narrow and institutionalised collaboration on policy issues exclusively related to religion to a broader but more fluid and uncertain form of symbolic cooperation. We argue that, within this modified setting, recognised minority religious organisations are gradually assuming the function of political entrepreneurs who speak for the entire immigrant community. This, in turn, creates tensions within and between religious groups, and risks overstating religion as a factor in the integration of immigrants. Our comparison between Muslim and Eastern Orthodox religious organisations shows that, notwithstanding the greater salience of Islam, they both benefit from the new role of religion in integration issues.

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Transnational Religion in an Expanding Europe

Cited by 32 publications

References 24 publications

Religion and American foreign policy in the context of the postsecular turn in world politics and the social sciences

Religion and American foreign policy in the context of the postsecular turn in world politics and the social sciences

Muslim Organisation and the Mobilisations for Sharia Law in northern Nigeria: The JNI and The NSCIA

Religious Organisations as Political Actors in the Context of Migration: Islam and Orthodoxy in Austria

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