Politics and the Religious Imagination

Paul S. Rowe is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trinity Western UniversityJens Zimmermann is Professor of English and Canada Research Chair in Religion, Interpretation and Culture at Trinity Western UniversityJohn H. A. Dyck is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Trinity Western UniversityAll three are senior research fellows in the Religion, Culture, and Conflict Research Group based at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

• 1. Introduction Rowe, Zimmermann, and Dyck Section 1: Imagining Religion and Politics 2. Politics and the Religious Imagination Richard Kearney 3. Imagining the Catechism of the Citizen Simon Critchley 4. Catechising the Secular Imagination: a Response to Simon Critchley Jens Zimmermann Section 2: The Religious Imagination in American Politics 5. Agents of Change: Lyndon Johnson, Catholics, and Civil Rights Lawrence McAndrews 6. Narrating Desire: the Gospel of Wealth in Christian America David Gutterman 7. Green for God: Religious Environmentalists in the United States Andrew Pieper 8. Understanding Jewish Women and their Efforts to Secure Political Power Terri Fine Section 3: The Religious Imagination in Global Politics 9. Accomodating the Other: Lessons from Encounters between Christianity and Confucianism in Early Modern China Hassan Bashir 10. Charles Taylor’s Modernity in a Latin American Catholicism Gustavo Morello 11. Telling Multiple Stories: the BJP’s Appeal to Group-Specific Interests and the Hindutva Master Frame Shelly Ghai 12. Crosscutting Narratives: Diaspora and Indigenous Movements among Coptic Christians in Egypt Paul Rowe 13. Conclusion Rowe, Zimmermann and Dyck

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