Books in the Continuum Studies in Religion and Political Culture series

A collection of essays that brings together contributions from theology, aesthetics, social and political science, philosophy and cultural theory to examine the surge in the public visibility of religion. It examines the phenomenon of the rise of religion in Western Europe from various interrelated perspectives.

On seeking office and in coming to power, New Labour presented its vision for Britain in moral terms. During the course of the New Labour administration, further moral themes have been introduced. This collection offers a reckoning of this New Labour decade.

The study of the nature and function of religion with respect to politics has seen enormous changes. This series provides a range of books devoted to furthering this study. It is suitable for those studying and researching in this area across both disciplines.

Analyzes the concept of the common good as it is used in debates within political philosophy, economics, theology and globalization, clarifying distinctions in definition and offering clarity and precision for a common language appropriate to debates on globalization.

Examining the relationship between fear and hope in political life, this book argues that responses to a politics of fear have coincided with an explosion of interest in the quasi-religious themes of apocalyptic protest and utopian politics in both scholarly interest and cultural and political life.

A collection of essays that brings together contributions from theology, aesthetics, social and political science, philosophy and cultural theory to examine the surge in the public visibility of religion. It examines the phenomenon of the rise of religion in Western Europe from various interrelated perspectives.

Considers the meaning of liberal democratic modernity at a moment when its future has never been less certain. This title examines the explosive threats the liberal order confronts: financial meltdown, religious extremism, environmental catastrophe. It seeks to place these - singularly modern - crises within a much longer history.