Jeremy Carette is Professor of Philosophy, Religion and Culture at the University of Kent, UK. Hugh Miall is Emeritus Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, UK.

• ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Religion, the United Nations and Institutional Process, Jeremy Carrette (University of Kent, UK)1. Realism and Idealism: NGOs and the United Nations System, Hugh Miall (University of Kent, UK)2. The Problem of Categories: Exploring Religion and NGOs Through Survey Research, Evelyn Bush (Fordham University, USA) 3. Representation, Accountability and Influence at the UN: Results from the Survey of Religious NGOs, Evelyn Bush (Fordham University, USA) 4. Religious NGOs, UN Participation and Fieldwork Methodology, Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud (Catholic Institute of Paris, France)5. On and Behind the Scene: Religious NGO Processes at the OHCHR of the UN in Geneva, Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud (Catholic Institute of Paris, France)6. Blessing or Bother? Religion and Religious NGOs at the UN in New York, Verena Beittinger-Lee (Independent Scholar)7. Islam, The OIC and the Defamation of Religions Controversy, Verena Beittinger-Lee (Independent Scholar) & Hugh Miall (University of Kent, UK)8. Catholicism at the United Nations in New York, Verena Beittinger-Lee (Independent Scholar)9. Hindu and Buddhist NGOs and the United Nations, Jeremy Carrette (University of Kent, UK)Conclusion: Diplomacy, State Power and Irrational Religion, Hugh Miall & Jeremy CarretteNotesBibliographyIndex

This book is well organized, with insights about codes of conduct and social norms at the UN, and reveals the potential and limits of RNGOs as political actors.