READING GROUP: RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE
The theme of this session is
Religion and public life, between empirical analyses and theoretical attempts: influence of religion on political outcomes: impact of religious institutions; effects in terms of voting behavior. Review of classical theories and recent cross-national inquiries.
Core reading:
- Jelen, T. and Wilcox, C. (ed.), Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, the Few and the Many. Cambridge University Press. New York, 2002. Chapter 1.
- Inglehart, R. and Norris, P., Sacred and Secular. Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2004. Chapter 4.