Description
| Product ID: | 9781107684072 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics |
| Title: | Religion and Authoritarianism |
| Subtitle: | Cooperation, Conflict, and the Consequences |
| Authors: | Author: Karrie J. Koesel |
| Page Count: | 237 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Politics and government, Comparative politics, Politics & government, Comparative politics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the political consequences of growing religiosity in countries where politics are repressive and religious freedoms are in flux. The study compares how two authoritarian regimes - Russia and China - manage religion and how religious communities navigate restrictive political environments to pursue their own spiritual and economic interests. This book provides a rare window into the micropolitics of contemporary authoritarian rule through a comparison of religious-state relations in Russia and China - two countries with long histories of religious repression, and even longer experiences with authoritarian politics. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in multiple sites in these countries, this book explores what religious and political authority want from one another, how they negotiate the terms of their relationship, and how cooperative or conflicting their interactions are. This comparison reveals that while tensions exist between the two sides, there is also ample room for mutually beneficial interaction. Religious communities and their authoritarian overseers are cooperating around the core issue of politics - namely, the struggle for money, power and prestige - and becoming unexpected allies in the process. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-02-24 |
