When Politics are Sacralized: Comparative Perspectives on Religious Claims and Nationalism

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Over the years, there have been increasing intersections between religious claims and nationalism and their power to frame and govern world politics. When Politics Are Sacralized interdisciplinarily and comparatively examines the fusion between religious claims and nationalism and studies its political manifestations. State and world politics, when determined or framed by nationalism fused with religious claims, can provoke protracted conflict, infuse explicit religious beliefs into politics, and legitimize violence against racialized groups. This volume investigates how, through hegemonic nationalism, states invoke religious claims in domestic and international politics, sacralizing the political. Studying Israel, India, the Palestinian National Movement and Hamas, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Iran, and Northern Ireland, the thirteen chapters engage with the visibility, performativity, role, and political legitimation of religion and nationalism. The authors analyze how and why sacralization affects political behaviors apparent in national and international politics, produces state-sponsored violence, and shapes conflict.

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When Politics Are Sacralized
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When Politics Are Sacralized - Title page
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Comparative Perspectives on Religious Claims and Nationalism
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Contributors
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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1 - A Comparative Perspective on Religious Claims and Sacralized Politics
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An Introduction
- By Nadim N. Rouhana, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
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Part I - Israel
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2 - Religion and Nationalism in the Jewish and Zionist Context
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- By Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
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3 - Religious Claims and Nationalism in Zionism
pp 54-87
Obscuring Settler Colonialism
- By Nadim N. Rouhana
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4 - On the Uses and Abuses of Tradition
pp 88-112
Zionist Theopolitics and Jewish Tradition
- By Yaacov Yadgar
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5 - The Relations between the Nationalization of Israel’s Politics and the Religionization of Its Military, 1948–2016
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- By Yagil Levy
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6 - Sacralized Politics
pp 134-158
The Case of Occupied East Jerusalem
- By Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
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Part II - India
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7 - Hindutva
pp 161-184
The Dominant Face of Religious Nationalism in India
- By Tanika Sarkar
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Part III - Sri Lanka
pp 185-212
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8 - The Genesis, Consolidation, and Consequences of Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism
pp 187-212
- By Neil DeVotta
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Part IV - Serbia
pp 213-244
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9 - Serbian Jerusalem
pp 215-244
Inventing a Holy Land in Europe’s Periphery, 1982–2019
- By Vjekoslav Perica
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Part V - Iran
pp 245-272
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10 - The Crossing Paths of Religion and Nationalism in Contemporary Iran
pp 247-272
- By Ali Banuazizi
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Part VI - Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism
pp 273-306
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11 - Saudi Nationalism, Wahhabi Daʿwā, and Western Power
pp 275-306
- By Michael A. Sells
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Part VII - Northern Ireland
pp 307-362
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12 - Protestantism and Settler Identity
pp 309-336
The Ambiguous Case of Northern Ireland
- By David Lloyd
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13 - Does Religion Still Matter?
pp 337-362
Comparative Lessons from the Ethno-national Conflict in Northern Ireland
- By Liam O’Dowd
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Part VIII - Palestine
pp 363-386
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