Religion and Politics in the Middle East - 2nd Edition

Name: Religion and Politics in the Middle East - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Religion and Politics in the Middle EastIdentity, Ideology, Institutions, and Attitudes\nAuthor(s): Robert D. Lee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367097851, 978-0367097851\nSynopsis\nThis innovative book analyzes the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East through a comparative study of five countries: Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Robert D. Lee examines each country in terms of four domains in which state and religion necessarily interact: national identity, ideology, institutions, and political culture. In each domain he considers contradictory hypotheses, some of them asserting that religion is a positive force for political development and others identifying it as an obstacle. Among the questions the book confronts: Is secularization a necessary prerequisite for democratic development? How is it and why is it that religion and politics are so deeply entangled in these f.