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Perhaps the signature achievement of After Secularism is that these theoretical insights are operationalised via a reading of US domestic politics and foreign policy to show the full constitutive effect of religion at play in the formation of the American polity. This is no small achievement, and the clarity and insight offered in a brilliant chapter on religion and US politics (pp. 147-79) is a must-read for scholars, policy-makers and students alike. Of equal importance, Wilson's model is clearly transferable and promises high impact in IR by aiding and equipping researchers to understand the constitutive agencies of religion in multiple political contexts. - Australian Journal of Political Science The case made in this volume - that secularism limits perceptions of the relationship of religion with politics and the nature of religion itself - is an important one [and] the procedure of sketching an alternate approach to analyzing religion's role in world affairs is carried out in a judicious way.' - Journal of Church and State

'Erin Wilson presents a powerful view that Western secularism has defined religion to suit its own terms, and that these are profoundly unhelpful ones to use in conceptualizing today's global conflicts. Moreover she explains the persistence of religious imagery and practice even in Western countries where church and state are 'separate'. Strikingly she shows that some things, such as human rights, can be both secular and religious in the same political culture. This is an important and profoundly critical book that rethinks the whole question of religion and politics.' -- Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol, UK 'Erin Wilson's book moves the secularism/religion debate beyond the recognition of secularism's political project to attack centrally the multiple dualisms that prevent a holistic understanding of religion, even in the West. This book provides important reading for all students of religion, secularism, and international relations.' -- Cecelia Lynch, Professor, Political Science, University of California Irvine, USA 'The idea of righteousness, of being chosen, blessed and, above all, destined to triumph because righteous is something fearsome. We fear the 'fundamental' Islamic version of it. We think of bombers and terror. What Erin Wilson, in her masterly work, indicates to us is how deeply engrained such holy righteousness is in the American political psyche at the highest level, on the most momentous occasions. This is a meticulous deconstruction and interrogation of key American speeches and addresses. It is wonderfully written and constitutes a highly important book. It can only encourage us to be self-reflective.' -- Stephen Chan, OBE, Professor of International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Perhaps the signature achievement of After Secularism is that these theoretical insights are operationalised via a reading of US domestic politics and foreign policy to show the full constitutive effect of religion at play in the formation of the American polity. This is no small achievement, and the clarity and insight offered in a brilliant chapter on religion and US politics (pp. 147-79) is a must-read for scholars, policy-makers and students alike. Of equal importance, Wilson's model is clearly transferable and promises high impact in IR by aiding and equipping researchers to understand the constitutive agencies of religion in multiple political contexts. - Australian Journal of Political Science

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ERIN K. WILSON is the director of the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. She recently completed four years as Research Fellow in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning at RMIT University, Australia. She received her PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2008. Dr Wilson's research focuses on religion and its intersection with various dimensions of political theory and practice, in particular global justice, migration, humanitarianism and globalization.

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