| Religion and Politics Contributor(s): Aronoff, Myron J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0878559779 ISBN-13: 9780878559770 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1983 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.6 |
| LCCN: 84181749 |
| Physical Information: 145 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This third volume in the outstanding series makes important new contributions to our understanding of the process whereby individuals and groups attribute meanings to the political structures and communities they create or inherit. Avoiding simplistic distinctions between religion and politics, each of these essays suggests more satisfactory ways of approaching the complex nature of these dynamic phenomena. They explore the role of traditional religious values, symbols, affiliations, and/or leaders in dealing with contemporary sociopolitical realities, analyzing the way in which religious traditions help shape the understanding and meaning of contemporary political realities and how they are reinterpreted and used to accomplish political and religious goals. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aronoff, Myron J.: - Myron J. Aronoff is professor of political science and anthropology at Rutgers University. He is author of Power and Ritual in the Israel Labor Party and has edited Freedom and Constraint: A Memorial Tribute to Max Gluckman. |