Towards a new Christian political realism the Amsterdam School of Philosophy and the role of religion in international relations / Simon Polinder.
| Author/creator | Polinder, Simon |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. |
| Description | xvi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in religion and politics |
| Contents | Introduction. Towards a new paradigm on religion and IR? -- A Global Resurgence of Religion -- Religion is virtually everywhere -- The 'religion-blindness' of the old paradigm : the dominance of the Westphalian system -- The dominance of naturalism in the genesis of the old paradigm -- Religion in Morgenthau's classical realism : 'it is the theology' -- An assessment of the religion scholars' claim : Morgenthau's classical realism -- Religion in Waltz's neorealism : 'it is the theory' -- An assessment of the religionists' claim : Waltz's neo-realism -- Evaluation of the debate between the religionists and political realists and a new Christian realism as promising perspective. |
| Abstract | "Towards A New Christian Political Realism presents a new theoretical approach to understanding the role of religion in international relations, considering the strengths of Christian realism, classical realism, and neorealism, as well as the literature about the relevance of religion for IR. The book discusses the resurgence of religion and how it has become 'public' in the world since around the 1960s. It extensively describes the role religion plays in Hans Morgenthau's classical realism, Kenneth Waltz's neorealism, and how both thinkers are indebted to an Augustinian way of thinking that has influenced political realism through Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism. The book presents an alternative approach inspired by the Amsterdam School of Philosophy: a new Christian political realism. It incorporates the theological inspiration of political realism and the necessity of theorizing while doing justice to the relevance and manifold manifestations of religion in international relations. This book will be of interest to scholars and higher-level students of International Relations, the Amsterdam School of Philosophy, Classical Realism, Neorealism, Christian Realism, and Religious Studies, as well as practitioners working in the field of International Relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024021129 |
| ISBN | 9781032604527 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032612515 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |