Annotation
The relationship of religion and politics has long been somewhat neglected but very topical part of political science research.
Main topics:
The issue of measuring the intensity of religious beliefs - who actually is and who is not a believer, how to distinguish a “matric” believer from a truly convinced member of a religious community?
Problems of research of the relationship between state and church, formal and real separation.
Major religions vs. minority religions, impacts on politics.
Religious identity and political identity, religion as a part of national identity.
Churches as interest groups.
Religious parties, conservative parties.
Religion and modernity.
Secularization, what it means and how to research and measure it.
Political religions.
Political messianism.