The Politics and Religion Journal

TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE CONTEMPORARY BRITISH RELIGION AND POLITICS Greg Smith FAITH IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE EMERGENCE OF RELIGION IN THE POLITICS OF AN INNER LONDON BOROUGH 1975-2006 Stephen J. Hunt THE RHETORIC OF RIGHTS IN THE UK CHRISTIAN CHURCHES REGARDING NON-HETEROSEXUAL CITIZENSHIP David Green TRANCE-GRESSION: TECHNOSHAMANISM, CONSERVATISM AND PAGAN POLITICS Chris Allen FEAR AND LOATHING: THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN RELATION TO MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN THE BRITISH CONTEMPORARY SETTING Laura Tomеs BLASPHEMY AND THE NEGOTIATION OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN BRITAIN Mathew Guest EVANGELICALISM AND CAPITALISM IN TRANSLANTIC CONTEXT ANALYSES Karel Dobbelaere RELIGION AND POLITICS IN BELGIUM: FROM AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MANIFEST CATHOLIC TO A LATENT CHRISTIAN PILLAR Natalia Vlas IS RELIGION INHERENTLY VIOLENT? RELIGION AS A THREAT AND PROMISE FOR THE GLOBAL SECURITY REVIEWS, CRITICAL VIEWS AND POLEMICS REVIEWS, CRITICAL VIEWS AND POLEMICS Sergej Beuk CONVERSION AND ITS CONTEXT: TOWARD HUMAN DIVINITY