{"product_id":"the-global-politics-of-interreligious-dialogue-religious-change-citizenship-and-solidarity-in-the-middle-east-9780197671672","title":"The Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue: Religious Change, Citizenship, and Solidarity in the Middle East","description":"Over the last thirty years, governments across the globe have formalized new relationships with religious communities through their domestic and foreign policies and have variously sought to manage, support, marginalize, and coopt religious forces through them. Many scholars view these policies as evidence of the \"return of religion\" to global politics although there is little consensus about the exact meaning, shape, or future of this political turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael D. Driessen examines the growth of state-sponsored interreligious dialogue initiatives in the Middle East and their use as a policy instrument for engaging with religious communities and ideas. Using a novel theoretical framework and drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Driessen explores both the history of interreligious dialogue and the evolution of theological approaches to religious pluralism in the traditions of Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam. He analyzes state-centric accounts of interreligious dialogue and conceptualizes new ideas and practices of citizenship, religious pluralism, and social solidarity that characterize dialogue initiatives in the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make his case, Driessen presents four studies of dialogue in the Middle East--the Focolare Community in Algeria, the Adyan Foundation in Lebanon, KAICIID of Saudi Arabia, and DICID of Qatar--and highlights key interreligious dialogue declarations produced in the broader Middle East over the last two decades. Compelling and nuanced, \u003cem\u003eThe Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how religion operates in contemporary global politics, offering important lessons about the development of alternative models of democracy, citizenship, and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael D. Driessen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.39w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197671672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael D. Driessen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, where he directs the MA program in International Affairs. He is also Director of the Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics. He received his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and has been a post-doctoral fellow at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar as well as a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eReligion and Democratization\u003c\/em\u003e, and his articles have appeared in \u003cem\u003eComparative Politics, Sociology of Religion, Politics and Religion\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDemocratization\u003c\/em\u003e. Driessen also serves as an advisor for the Adyan Foundation in Lebanon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44409580454003,"sku":"9780197671672","price":157.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ff40f913-7982-43ee-b6f0-314d4520a1ff.jpg?v=1771936880","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-global-politics-of-interreligious-dialogue-religious-change-citizenship-and-solidarity-in-the-middle-east-9780197671672","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}