{"product_id":"9781405176484","title":"Why Politics Can't Be Freed From Religion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley-Blackwell Manifestos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhy Politics Can't Be Freed From Religion\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIvan Strenski\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhy Politics Can't be Freed From Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski. Itinterrogates the central ideas and contexts behind religion, politics, and power, proposing an alternative way in which we should think about these issues in the twenty-first century.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA timely and highly original contribution to debates about religion, politics and power – and how historic and social influences have prejudiced our understanding of these concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes a new theoretical framework to think about what these ideas and institutions mean in today\u0026amp;'s society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies this new perspective to a variety of real-world issues, including insights into suicide bombers in the Middle East\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes radical critiques of the religious and political perspectives of thinkers such as Talal Asad and Michel Foucault\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDislodges our conventional thinking about politics and religion, and in doing so, helps make sense of the complexities of our twenty-first century world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eIvan Strenski\u003c\/b\u003e is Holstein Family and Community Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of numerous books, including: \u003ci\u003eContesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism and Social Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eTheology and the First Theory of Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e (2003); \u003ci\u003eThe New Durkheim: Essays on Philosophy, Religious Identity and the Politics of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); \u003ci\u003eThinking About Religion: An Historical Introduction to Theories of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking About Religion: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (both Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 March 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405176484\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384865845388,"sku":"9781405176484","price":37.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405176484.jpg?v=1780158335","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405176484","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}