This two-volume encyclopedia brings together leading scholars to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on politics and religion ever produced. In over 100 peer-reviewed entries, readers will find authoritative overviews of the key topics, theories, and findings in this important and dynamic area of social science.

List of Articles A Authority, Authoritarianism, and Religion (Ryan P. Burge) B Brazil's Evangelical Caucus (Pedro A. G. Dos Santos and Linsey Moddelmog) C Catholic Church Advocacy and the Affordable Care Act (Jeanine Kraybill) Catholic Church Advocacy in Latin America (Christopher W. Hale) The Catholic Hierarchy's Political Role: A Structural Analysis (Timothy A. Byrnes) The Christian Right in U.S. Politics (Kimberly H. Conger) Church, State, and Political Culture in Orthodox Christianity (Victor Roudometof) Civil Strife, Politics, and Religion in Algeria (Yahia H. Zoubir) Civil War and Religion: An Overview (Isak Svensson) Civil War and Religion: Salafi-Jihadist Groups (Emil Aslan Souleimanov) Civil War and Religion: Turkey (Gülay Türkmen) Communication Dynamics in Religion and Politics (Paul A. Djupe and Brian R. Calfano) The Confucian Tradition and Politics (Youngmin Kim, Ha-Kyoung Lee, and Seongun Park) D Democratic Norms and Religion (Gizem Arikan and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom) E Electoral Choice and Religion: An Overview (Christopher D. Raymond) Electoral Choice and Religion: Israel (Asher Cohen and Menachem Lazar) Electoral Choice and Religion: Turkey (Ali Çarkoglu) Electoral Choice and Religion: United States (Jeremiah J. Castle) Experimentation in the Study of Religion and Politics (Paul A. Djupe and Amy Erica Smith) F Foreign Policy and Religion: An Overview (Carolyn M. Warner and Stephen G. Walker) Foreign Policy and Religion: Tibetan Independence Movement (Tenzin Dorjee) Foreign Policy and Religion: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Israel (Daniel G. Hummel) Fundamentalism as a Cross-National, Cross-Traditional Concept (Jeffrey Haynes) G Gender and Religiosity in the United States (Mirya R. Holman and Erica Podrazik) Genocide and Religion in Times of War (Manus I. Midlarsky) Germany's Christian Democrats (Emma Rosenberg) Government Legitimacy and Religion (Michael Hoffman) H Hinduism: India, Nepal, and Beyond (Rina Verna Williams and Sayam Moktan) Human Trafficking and Religious Movements (Yvonne C. Zimmerman) I Identity, Internal State Conflict, and Religion (John F. McCauley) The Impact and Conceptualization of Religious Identity Across Disciplinary Perspectives (K. Amber Curtis and Laura R. Olson) The Inclusion-Moderation Thesis: An Overview (Sultan Tepe) The Inclusion-Moderation Thesis: India's BJP (Lars Tore Flåten) The Inclusion-Moderation Thesis: Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (Khalil Al-Anani) The Inclusion-Moderation Thesis: Turkey's AKP, From Conservative Democracy to Conservatism (Ayhan Kaya) The Inclusion-Moderation Thesis: The U.S. Republican Party and the Christian Right (Andrew R. Lewis) Islam and Islamic Studies in Scandinavia (Susanne Olsson and Simon Sorgenfrei) Islamism and Party Politics in Indonesia (Dirk Tomsa) L Liberalism and Religion (Sonia Sikka) M Mainline Protestants and Divestment as International Economic Activism (Maia Hallward) Measuring Religion in Terms of Belonging, Beliefs, and Behavior (Corwin E. Smidt) Mormon Mobilization in Contemporary U.S. Politics (Matthew R. Miles and Jason M. Adkins) Muslim Integration and French Society (Rachel D. Brown) N Non-Governmental Organizations: Bread for the World, Inc. (Erica Ashbaugh and Gary A. Goreham) O On the Paradox of State Religion and Religious Freedom (Zachary Elkins) P Party Politics and Religion in Northern Ireland (Neil Matthews) Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone and Religious Mediation (Lyn S. Graybill) Personality, Politics, and Religion (Amanda Friesen) Political Behavior of Religious Elites (Elizabeth A. Oldmixon) Political Contempt and Religion (Nathan C. Walker) The Political Effects of Religious Cues (Aubrey Westfall and Özge Çelik Russell) The Political Opportunity Structure and Religion (Luis Felipe Mantilla) Political Participation and Religion: An Overview (Jacob R. Neiheisel) The Politics and Effects of Religious Grievance (David Muchlinski) Post-Conflict Processes and Religion: An Overview (Nukhet Sandal) Post-Conflict Processes and Religion: Lebanon (Konstantin Ash) Prejudice and Religion (Jolanda van der Noll) Protest and Religion: An Overview (Yasemin Akbaba) Protest and Religion: Christianity in the People's Republic of China (Yu Tao) Protest and Religion: The U.S. Pro-Life Movement (Ziad Munson) Public Opinion and Religion: Environmental Attitudes in the United States (Jason M. Pudlo) Public Opinion and Religion: Gay Rights in the United States (Darren E. Sherkat) R Religion and Political Conflict: "No Religious Affiliation" in the United States (Kristi Winters) Religious Communication and Persuasion (Benjamin R. Knoll and Cammie Jo Bolin) Religious Communication and the Effects of Priming (Gwyneth McClendon) Religious Establishment as a Subject of Political Science (Michael Driessen) Religious Frames: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (Meir Hatina and Uri M. Kupferschmidt) Religious Frames: Falun Gong in China (Junpeng Li) Religious Frames: The Gülen Movement (Etga Ugur) Religious Frames: U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Dennis C. Dickerson) Religious Nationalism and Religious Influence (Anna Grzymala-Busse) Religious Regulation in Autocracies (Lawrence C. Reardon) Religious Regulation in Brazil (Claudia Cerqueira and Guadalupe Tuñón) Religious Regulation in China (Lawrence C. Reardon) Religious Regulation in France (Paul Christopher Manuel) Religious Regulation in India (Kristina M. Teater and Laura Dudley Jenkins) Religious Regulation in Iran (Mehran Tamadonfar and Roman B. Lewis) Religious Regulation in Ireland (Vesna Malesevic) Religious Regulation in Muslim States (Andrew Bramsen and Zoe Vermeer) Religious Regulation in Poland (Ewa A. Golebiowska and Silviya Gancheva) Religious Regulation in the United States (Barbara A. McGraw and James T. Richardson) Religious Regulation: Discrimination Against Religious Minorities (Jonathan Fox) Religious Regulation: The Regulation of All Religion in a Country (Jonathan Fox) Religious Traditions in Politics: Buddhism (André Laliberté) Religious Traditions in Politics: Catholicism (Lawrence C. Reardon) Religious Traditions in Politics: Confucianism (Youngmin Kim,Se-Hyun Kim, and Ji Hye Song) Religious Traditions in Politics: Islam, Sunni, and Shi'a (Halil Ibrahim Yenigun) Religious Traditions in Politics: Judaism (Kenneth D. Wald) Religious Traditions in Politics: Protestantism (Evert van Leeuwen) Religious Values and Worldviews (Raja M. Ali Saleem) Resource Mobilization Among Religious Activists (Christopher Chapp) S Secularism and Politics (Jeremiah J. Castle and Patrick L. Schoettmer) Secularism and Religion (Steven Kettell) Secularization, Secularity, and Secularism in the New Millennium: Macro-Theories and Research (Jorg Stolz and Pascal Tanner) Social Justice, Anti-Poverty Work, and Religion (Lara Rusch, R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. Brown, and Francine Banner) Social Network Influence on Political Behavior in Religious Contexts (Christina Ladam, Ian Shapiro, and Anand Edward Sokhey) Strategic Violence Among Religious Parties in Pakistan (Niloufer Siddiqui) T Terrorism and Religion: An Overview (Peter Henne) Terrorism and Religion: Boko Haram (Dane Imerman) Terrorism and Religion: Christian Fundamentalism (Douglas Pratt) Terrorism and Religion: Palestine (Arie Perliger) W War and Religion: An Overview (Jason Klocek and Ron E. Hassner) War and Religion: The Iran-Iraq War (Peyman Asadzade) War and Religion: The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s (Nikola Mirilovic)

Selling point: The most comprehensive publication on politics and religion ever published. Selling point: Provides cutting-edge analysis of the key topics, questions, and findings in comprehensive literature reviews. Selling point: Integrates research from North America and Europe with work from around the world to facilitate the building and refining of general theories of politics and religion.

Paul A. Djupe has researched religion and politics in the United States for 25 years. He has published eight books and over 100 articles and chapters, most of them exploring some facet of religion and politics. A past editor of the journal Politics and Religion, he now edits the book series Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics and serves as an affiliated scholar with the Public Religion Research Institute. Mark J. Rozell is the founding dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where he holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Chair in Public Policy. He is the editor of the book series Religion, Politics, and Policy, which he founded with Ted G. Jelen. Ted G. Jelen was Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a leading scholar of politics of religion. He was the former editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and former coeditor of Politics and Religion. He published numerous books and articles on religion and politics in his lifetime.

Selling point: The most comprehensive publication on politics and religion ever published. Selling point: Provides cutting-edge analysis of the key topics, questions, and findings in comprehensive literature reviews. Selling point: Integrates research from North America and Europe with work from around the world to facilitate the building and refining of general theories of politics and religion.