Negotiating Religion

Recent centuries have been the theatre of a ‘war of the gods’ pitting religion against religion and also against quasi-religious secular values. In an eirenic spirit, the contributors to this remarkable volume discuss the compromises and accommodations that prevent moral conflict turning into physical violence. David d'Avray, Professor of History, University College London:

This is an important and impressive collection. Eschewing simplistic answers, it opens a series of windows into the negotiation of religion in European societies, past and present. It asks how religion has been identified, accommodated, navigated around, or engaged with, how the terms of such interactions have been moulded and remoulded in the process, and how numerous settlements have emerged, persisted, and disintegrated as negotiations have continued. The subject matter is diverse, complex, and contested, but the excellent team of writers assembled here provide a feast of lucid descriptions and compelling analyses. Mike Higton, Professor of Theology and Ministry, Durham University.

A deeply impressive interdisciplinary collection which addresses an issue of overwhelming contemporary significance. This book recognises the persistent importance of religion in modern people’s lives and uses the insights of political theory, law, urban studies and history to understand the ethical and theoretical issues which emerge from attempts to find a satisfying and creative role for different religions within modern multicultural societies. Professor Peter W.D. Mack, University of Warwick.