The global politics of interreligious dialogue religious change, citizenship, and solidarity in the Middle East / Michael D. Driessen.
| Author/creator | Driessen, Michael Daniel |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xvii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Abstract | "The Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue examines the growth of interreligious dialogue initiatives in the Middle East and their use by states as a policy instrument for engaging with religious communities and ideas. The book argues that this growth is best understood as the result of a complex interplay of geopolitical interests, ideational development and religious change. In doing so, it interprets these initiatives as a concrete example of religion operating in contemporary global politics and as yielding critical insights about the relationship between religion, politics and modernity. The book is divided into three parts. Part I builds a theoretical framework to analyze the dynamics of power, ideas and practices at work in the politics of interreligious dialogue. It begins by considering state-centric accounts of dialogue. It then turns to theories of post-secularism and post-Islamism to conceptualize the new ideas and practices of citizenship, religious pluralism and social solidarity which characterize dialogue initiatives in the region. Part II explores the history of interreligious dialogue and the evolution of theological approaches to religious pluralism in the traditions of Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam. It analyzes key interreligious dialogue declarations produced in the Middle East over the last two decades, including the A Common Word letter, the Marrakesh Declaration and the Human Fraternity document. Finally, drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Part III presents four case studies of dialogue in the region, namely the Focolare Community in Algeria, the Adyan Foundation in Lebanon, KAICIID of Saudi Arabia and DICID of Qatar"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023004926 |
| ISBN | 9780197671672 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |