Religion and Contemporary Politics: A Global Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Volume 1:
	Global
		Introduction
		Timeline—Global since 2000
		Anti-Semitism
		Global Terrorism
		Human Rights
		Political Theology
		Property
		Religious Freedom
		Religious Nationalism
		Religious Persecution
		Speech and Conscience
		State Churches
		Statist Utopianism
		Terrorism Trends
		United Nations and Religion
		Women and Religious Freedom
	Africa
		Introduction
		Timeline—Africa since 2000
		African Indigenous Faith Traditions
		African National Congress (ANC)
		Algeria
		Al-Shabaab
		Angola
		Apartheid
		Arab Spring (2010–2012)
		Benin
		Boko Haram
		Botswana
		Bouazizi, Mohamed (1984–2011)
		Burundi
		Cameroon
		Central African Republic
		Chad
		Christian-Muslim Conflict in Africa
		Christianity in Africa
		Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC)
		Congo, Republic of
		Djibouti
		Ennahda Movement
		Equatorial Guinea
		Eritrea
		Ethiopia
		Gabon
		Gambia
		Ghana
		Guinea
		Guinea-Bissau
		Islam in Africa
		Ivory Coast
		Kenya
		Kony, Joseph (1961–)
		Liberia
		Libya
		Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
		Madagascar
		Malawi
		Mali
		Mandela, Nelson (1918–2013)
		Mau Mau Rebellion (1952–1960)
		Mauritania
		Morocco
		Mozambique
		Namibia
		Niger
		Nigeria
		Rwanda
		Senegal
		Sharia Law
		Sierra Leone
		Somalia
		South Africa
		South Sudan
		Sudan
		Tanzania
		Togo
		Tunisia
		Tutu, Desmond (1931–)
		Uganda
		Western Sahara
		Xhosa
		Zambia
		Zanzibar
		Zimbabwe
		Zuma, Jacob (1942–)
	Asia
		Introduction
		Timeline—Asia since 2000
		Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
		Afghanistan
		Armenia
		Aum Shinrikyo
		Azerbaijan
		Bangladesh
		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
		Bhutan
		Brunei
		Buddhism and War
		Buddhist Nationalism
		Cambodia
		Caodaism
		China
		China, Church-State Tensions in
		Confucianism
		Dalai Lama XIV (1935–)
		Daoism
		Daoism and War
		Falun Gong
		Gandhi, Mohandas (1869–1948)
		Hindu Nationalism
		Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF)
		Hinduism
		Hinduism and War
		Hui
		India
		India, Hindu-Muslim Conflict in
		Indonesia
		Japan
		Jemaah Islamiyah
		Kashmir
		Kazakhstan
		Komeito
		Kyrgyzstan
		Laos
		Malaysia
		Maluku Sectarian Conflict (Indonesia)
		Mongolia
		Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
		Mujahideen
		Myanmar
		Nepal
		Nhat Hanh, Thich (1926–)
		North Korea
		Pakistan
		Philippines
		Pol Pot (1925–1998)
		Religious Freedom in Asia
		Rohingya
		Saffron Revolution
		Shinto
		Sikhism
		Sikhism and War
		Singapore
		Soka Gakkai
		South Korea
		Sri Lanka
		Taiwan
		Tajikistan
		Taliban
		Thailand
		Tibet
		Tibet, Chinese Occupation of
		Turkmenistan
		Uyghurs
		Uzbekistan
		Vietnam
		Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad (1924–1988)
	Australia and Oceania
		Introduction
		Timeline—Australia and Oceania since 2000
		Australia
		Christianity in Australia
		Islam in Australia and Oceania
		New Zealand
		Oceania
		Papua New Guinea (PNG)
	Central and South America
		Introduction
		Timeline—Central and South America since 2000
		Afro-Caribbean Religions
		Argentina
		Belize
		Bolivia
		Brazil
		Cardenal, Ernesto (1925–)
		Chile
		Colombia
		Costa Rica
		Cuba
		Dominican Republic
		Ecuador
		El Salvador
		Evangelicals and Pentecostals in Central and South America
		French Guiana
		Guatemala
		Guyana
		Haiti
		Honduras
		Jamaica
		Latin American Episcopal Council (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano—CELAM)
		Liberation Theology
		Medellin Conference (1968)
		Nicaragua
		Panama
		Paraguay
		Peru
		Roman Catholicism in Central and South America
		Romero, Oscar (1917–1980)
		Sandinista National Liberation Front
		Suriname
		Uruguay
		Venezuela
Volume 2
	Europe
		Introduction
		Timeline—Europe since 2000
		Albania
		Andorra
		Austria
		Balkans
		Belarus
		Belgium
		Benedict XVI, Pope (1927–)
		Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906–1945)
		Bosnia-Herzegovina
		Bulgaria
		Catholic Social Teaching
		Chechnya
		Christianity and War
		Christianity in Europe
		Christianity in Europe, Historical Backgrounds of
		Croatia
		Cyprus
		Czech Republic
		Denmark
		Eastern Orthodox Church
		Estonia
		European Union (EU)
		Finland
		France
		Francis, Pope (1936–)
		Georgia
		Germany
		Greece
		Greenland
		Habermas, Jürgen (1929–)
		Holocaust
		Hungary
		Iceland
		Ireland
		Islam in Europe
		Islam in Russia
		Italy
		John Paul II, Pope (1920–2005)
		Kosovo
		Latvia
		Liechtenstein
		Lithuania
		Luxembourg
		Macedonia
		Malta
		Marx, Karl (1818–1883)
		Moldova
		Monaco
		Montenegro
		Netherlands, The
		Northern Ireland
		Norway
		Patriarch Kirill (1946–)
		Poland
		Portugal
		Putin, Vladimir (1952–)
		Refugees
		Romania
		Russia
		Russian Orthodox Church
		Secularism in Europe
		Serbia
		Slovakia
		Slovenia
		Solidarity
		Spain
		Sweden
		Switzerland
		Ukraine
		United Kingdom
		Vatican City
		Weber, Max (1864–1920)
	Middle East
		Introduction
		Timeline—Middle East since 2000
		al-Assad, Bashar (1965–)
		Alawites
		Al-Qaeda
		Baha’i Faith
		Bahrain
		Caliphate
		Christianity in the Middle East
		Coptic Christianity
		Druze and War
		Egypt
		Erdog˘ an, Recep Tayyip (1954–)
		Fedayeen
		Gaza War (2008–2014)
		Hamas
		Hezbollah
		Iran
		Iraq
		ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
		Islam and War (Jihad)
		Israel
		Jerusalem
		Jordan
		Judaism and War
		Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan—PKK)
		Kurds
		Kuwait
		Lebanon
		Muslim Brotherhood
		Oman
		Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
		Peshmerga
		Qatar
		Radical Islam
		Saudi Arabia
		Shia Islam
		Shia Islam in Iran
		Sunni Islam
		Syria
		Temple Mount
		Turkey
		United Arab Emirates (UAE)
		Wahhabism
		Yazidi
		Yemen
		Zionism
	North America
		Introduction
		Timeline—North America since 2000
		American Christianity and the Law
		American Civil Religion
		Berrigan, Daniel (1921–2016)
		Buddhism in North America
		Canada
		Christian America, Idea of
		Christian Heritage Party (Canada)
		Christian Left in the United States
		Christian Reconstructionism
		Christian Right in the United States
		Christianity and Canadian Domestic Policy
		Christianity in the United States
		Environmental Politics and Religion
		Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policy
		First Amendment Advocacy and Controversy
		Free Exercise of Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court
		Goldman, Emma (1869–1940)
		Graham, William Franklin Jr. “Billy” (1918–2018)
		Immigration and Sanctuary
		Islam in North America
		Israel, Evangelicals and
		Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
		Jonestown Massacre (1978)
		Judaism in the United States
		Merton, Thomas (1915–1968)
		Mexico
		Native American Religion
		Neuhaus, Richard John (1936–2009)
		Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892–1971)
		Ogle, Robert “Bob” (1928–1998)
		Politics, Evangelicals and
		Protestantism and Democracy
		Religion and U.S. Domestic Policy
		Religion and U.S. Presidents
		Religious Demographics and U.S. Elections
		Religious Minorities in the United States
		Religious-Political Alliances
		Schmitt, Carl (1888–1985)
		Secularism in North America
		Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
		United Nations
		United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
		Waco Siege (1993)
Bibliography
Editors and Contributors
Index