The geopolitics of religious soft power : how states use religion in foreign policy / edited by Peter Mandaville.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mandaville, Peter G., 1971- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and international relations.

Diplomacy--Religious aspects.

Diplomacy.

Geopolitics--Religious aspects.

Geopolitics.

Soft power (Political science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power' represents a globally comparative study of the varying ways in which states incorporate religion and religious outreach into their external relations. Each chapter demonstrates how the history, religious culture, and geopolitical orientation of a particular country determines its capacity for using religion as part of a soft power strategy while simultaneously dictating the nature and shape of its religious outreach activities, its intended audiences, and likelihood of success or impact.

Contents:

Cover

The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

1. Thinking about Religion and Religious Soft Power in International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis

2. Tragedy or Irony: Geopolitical Grand Narratives, Religious Outreach, and US Soft Power

3. "Putin-​Phonia": Harnessing Russian Orthodoxy to Advance Russia's Secular Foreign Policy

4. Chinese Buddhism and Soft Power: Geopolitical Strategy and Modality of Religion

5. Turkey's Ambivalent Religious Soft Power in the Illiberal Turn

6. The Modi Government and the Uses and Limits of India's Religious Soft Power

7. Shi'i Diplomacy: Religious Identity and Foreign Policy in the Axis of Resistance

8. Hassan II and the Foundations of Moroccan Religious Soft Power

9. Religious Diplomacy in the Arab Gulf and the Politics of Moderate Islam

10. Indonesian Islam as Model for the World? Diplomacy, Soft Power, and the Geopolitics of "Moderate Islam"

11. Moderation as Jordanian Soft Power: Islam and Beyond

12. Israel's Religious Soft Power: Within and Beyond Judaism

13. Soft Power of the Catholic Papacy

14. "Brazil above Everything or God above Everyone?" The Sources of Brazil's Religious Soft Power

15. Religious Soft Power: Promises, Limits, and Ways Forward

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 31, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-760582-6

0-19-760583-4

0-19-760581-8