| ID | 099883 |
| Title Proper | Politicization of religion |
| Other Title Information | political Catholicism and political Islam in comparative perspective |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Altinordu, Ates |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | While religious politics have been a widely discussed topic in the social sciences in recent decades, few studies develop general explanations based on systematic and detailed comparative analysis. This article seeks to explain when and how successful religious parties rise. To that end, I comparatively analyze the politicization of German Catholicism in the second half of the nineteenth century (1848-1878) and Turkish Islam in the post-1970 period (1970-2002) and briefly examine the negative case of nineteenth-century German Protestantism. According to the theory of revival-reaction-politicization I propose, successful religious parties rise when major religious revivals confront social counter-mobilization and state repression, provided that existing political parties do not effectively represent religious defense. The study's findings challenge the pervasive tendency to treat Christian and Islamic politics as incommensurable. |
| `In' analytical Note | Politics and Society Vol. 38, No. 4; Dec 2010: p.517-551 |
| Journal Source | Politics and Society Vol. 38, No. 4; Dec 2010: p.517-551 |
| Key Words | Religious Parties ; Religion and Politics ; Catholicism ; Islam |