The political science of religion (also referred
to as politicology of religion or politology
of religion) is one of the youngest disciplines
in the political sciences that deals with
a study of influence that religion has on
politics and vice versa with a focus on the
relationship between the subjects (actors)
in politics in the narrow sense: government,
political parties, pressure groups, and religious
communities. It was established in the last
decades of the twentieth century.
== Research areas ==
The basic research areas of the political
science of religion are:
All aspects of religious teachings and practices
that have direct political contents and messages,
such as religious understanding of government,
power, political authority, state, political
organizing, war, peace, etc.;
All aspects of religious behavior and practice
that don’t have direct political contents
and messages but do have direct political
consequences, such as building of religious
edifices, pilgrimages, etc.;
Attitudes and positions of political subjects
in the narrow sense towards religion and religious
communities, such as that of political parties
and pressure groups towards religion and religious
communities;
Everything within apparently completely secular
public behavior with no religious motives
that causes religious consequences, such as
an economic monopoly achieved by a religious
group within a multi-confessional society
– it cannot but cause political consequences.These
fields of research are in constant development.
The newest area of research in political science
of religion is on the subject of religion
and international relations.
== History ==
The political science of religion or politology
of religion was established as an academic
discipline in 1993 at the Faculty of Political
Science of the University of Belgrade, Serbia.
The founder of this discipline is Dr Miroljub
Jevtic; http://www.fpn.bg.ac.rs/en/undergraduate-studies/political-department/third-year/
. In 2006, Georgetown University established
the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and
World Affairs as one of the first American
university research centers devoted to issues
surrounding the political science of religion.
The Politics and Religion Journal was founded
by the Center for Study of Religion and Religious
Tolerance in Belgrade, Serbia in 2007. Its
spiritus movens and editor in chief is Miroljub
Jevtić, professor at the Faculty of Political
Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia. The
journal Politics and Religion, produced by
Cambridge Journals, published its first volume
in 2008.The political science of religion
is studied at almost all universities and
political science departments in the United
States. The American Political Science Association
has a religion and politics section.
== See also ==
Christianity and politics
Judaism and politics
Political aspects of Islam
List of political ideologies § Religious
ideologies
Religion and politics in the United States
== Notes ==
== References ==
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World
Affairs at Georgetown University, http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative, Council
on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/religion.
Miroljub Jevtic, Politology of Religion,Center
for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance,
Belgrade,2009,ISBN 978-86-87243-01-9, COBISS.SR-ID
169417996
Miroljub Jevtic,Political Relations and Religion,Center
for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance,
Belgrade,2011,ISBN 978-86-87243-06-4, COBISS.SR-ID
187288
Miroljub Jevtic,Problems of Politology of
Religion,Center for Study of Religion and
Religious Tolerance, Belgrade,2012,ISBN 978-86-87243-08-8
Miroljub Jevtic,Religion as a Political Science
Research Subject,in Religion and Politics,ed.
South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Faculty
of Law and History, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria,2005,pp.
45–46;
Miroljub Jevtic,Religija i politika-Uvod u
Politikologiju religije(Religion and Politics-Introduction
into Politology of Religion) ed. Institut
for Political Studies and Department of Political
Science, Belgrad,2002,pp. 15;
Miroljub Jevtic,Political Science and Religion,in
Politics and Religion,journal, 1/2007,Belgrade,pp.
59–69; https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223426/http://www.politicsandreligionjournal.com/images/pdf_files/engleski/volume1_no1/political_science_and_religion.pdf
Miroljub Jevtic,Nabozenstvo a politika:Teoreticky
Pristup(Religion and Politics:Theoretical
Approach)in:2007 Rocenka Ustavu pre vztahy
statu a cirkvi(Institut for State-Church Relations)Bratislava,2008,
Slovakia,pp. 104–105;
Miroljub Jevtic, Religion and Power-Essays
on Politology of Religion, ed. Prizren : Dioceze
of Ras-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija, Belgrade
: Center for study of religion 
and religious tolerance, 2008,ISBN 978-86-82323-29-7,COBISS.SR-ID:153597452,pp.
268–269
Miroljub Jevtic,Religion as a Political Science
Research Subject,in Vjera i politika(The Faith
and Politics)ed.Filozofsko-teoloski Institut
druzbe Isusove,Zagreb,Croatia,2009,ISBN 978-953-231-076-4,pp.
121–122
Miroljub Jevtic, Theoretical Relationsship
Between Religion and Politics, “Indian Journal
of Political Science" (IJPS) Vol. LXX, no
2, April/Juin 2009, pp. 409–418, ISSN 0019-5510
== Further reading ==
Pettman, Ralph (2004): Reason, Culture, Religion:
The Metaphysics of World Politics, Palgrave,
London and New York.
"Indian Controversies: Essays on Religion
in Politics" by Arun Shourie, Publishers:
Rupa & Co, South Asia Books, A S A Publications,
Language: English
== External links ==
APSA religion and politics
Politics and Religion Journal
Politics and Religion
Kettell, Steven (2012). "Has Political Science
Overlooked Religion?" (PDF). Political Science
and Politics.
"Religion and Politics". Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy.
