The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Religion and Power

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Religion and Power

By David Martin

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

There are few more contentious issues than the relation of faith to power or the suggestion that religion is irrational compared with politics and peculiarly prone to violence. The former claim is associated with Juergen Habermas and the latter with Richard Dawkins. In this book David Martin argues, against Habermas, that religion and politics share a common mythic basis and that it is misleading to contrast the rationality of politics with the irrationality of religion. In contrast to Richard D...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781472433602

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Religion and Power

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Other versions

Religion and Power

Religion and Power

Hardcover · 2014

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Democracy Needs Religion

Democracy Needs Religion

Hartmut Rosa

A critical introduction to the study of religion

A critical introduction to the study of religion

Craig Martin

An Awareness of What is Missing

An Awareness of What is Missing

Jürgen Habermas

Everyday religion

Everyday religion

Nancy Appleton

The God delusion

The God delusion

Richard Dawkins

Religion and Urbanism

Religion and Urbanism

Seven Ways of Looking at Religion

Seven Ways of Looking at Religion

Benjamin Schewel

The Root Causes of Terrorism A Religious Studies Perspective

The Root Causes of Terrorism A Religious Studies Perspective

Mahmoud Masaeli

Terror in the Mind of God

Terror in the Mind of God

Mark Juergensmeyer

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics

Faithonomics Religion and the Free Market

Faithonomics Religion and the Free Market

Torkel Brekke

Fields of Blood

Fields of Blood

Karen Armstrong

Meta-Religion

Meta-Religion

James W. Laine

Law, State and Religion in the New Europe

Law, State and Religion in the New Europe

RELIGION IN BRITAIN A PRESIST PARADOX

RELIGION IN BRITAIN A PRESIST PARADOX

Grace Davie

Faith of the Faithless

Faith of the Faithless

Simon Critchley

The Politics of Religion: a Survey

The Politics of Religion: a Survey

Jeffrey Haynes

What is Religion?

What is Religion?

Jeppe Sindig

Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction

Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction

Alan Aldridge

Religion and Global Politics: Religion and Global Politics

Religion and Global Politics: Religion and Global Politics

Rowe Paul S.

The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

Judith. Butler

Atheist Manifesto The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Atheist Manifesto The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Michel Onfray

Religion and Human Rights

Religion and Human Rights

Religion and the Political Imagination

Religion and the Political Imagination

Ira Katznelson

The Religious Case Against Belief

The Religious Case Against Belief

James P. Carse

The Devil's Delusion

The Devil's Delusion

David Berlinski

The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion (Great Ideas)

The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion (Great Ideas)

Arthur Schopenhauer

Suspicion & faith - the religious uses of modern atheism

Suspicion & faith - the religious uses of modern atheism

Merold Westphal

The end of faith

The end of faith

Sam Harris

God A User's Guide

God A User's Guide

Seán Moncrieff

The power of faiths in global politics

The power of faiths in global politics

Sturla J. Stålsett

Strong religion - the rise of Fundamentalism …

Strong religion - the rise of Fundamentalism …

Gabriel A. Almond

The Rationality of Theism

The Rationality of Theism

Paul K. Moser

Religion and civil society

Religion and civil society

David Herbert

God is Dead: Secularization in the West

God is Dead: Secularization in the West

Steve Bruce

The Battle for God Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

The Battle for God Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Karen Armstrong

Religion in Global Politics

Religion in Global Politics

Jeff Haynes

Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1990

Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1990

Hugh McLeod