POLI 227 Chapter 3: Handelman, Ch.3, Religion and Politics
27 Jul 2016
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Many social scientists believed as societies in the third world modernized, the role of religion would diminish Political development as one of its basic processes, the secularization of politics, the progressive exclusion of religion from the political system. Contrary to those expectations, third world religions have been a resilient, growing political force. Since the 1970s- religion resurgence in the political arena as seen in the middle east. Religion used to reinforce traditional belief and practice. Shown in the middle east, parts of africa and easy. There has been a resurgence of islamic fundamentalism(islamism)- and violence between sunnis and shiites which destabilizes the countries like. Since the endof the cold war- islamic fundamentalism seen as athreat to western security. Americans accept constitutiona separation of church and state. The formal barrier doesn"t exist in many industrialized democracies and. Official state religion serving as a supreme governor like the christian democratic party- religious organizations influencing political behavior(us)-
