Religion and Politics in the Middle East: Identity, Ideology, Institutions, and Attitudes

by Robert D. Lee

Book Overview

This innovative book analyzes the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East through a comparative study of five countries: Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Robert D. Lee examines each country in terms of four domains in which state and religion necessarily interact: national identity, ideology, institutions, and political culture. In each domain he considers contradictory hypotheses, some of them asserting that religion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813348730
• ISBN13: 9780813348735
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"