Book Review: Religion in Politics and the Position of Religious Political Parties
Book Review: Religion in Politics and the Position of Religious Political Parties

Summary/Abstract: Jozef Lenč has long been engaged in the religious aspects of politics, mostly from the position of Islamic tradition interfering with European culture. In his first monograph, he summarizes religion’s impact on the politics formation and presents the position of religion in the modern liberal-democratic world. He focuses exclusively on the three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) in the context of religious political parties. The author points out the repeated rise of religiosity in the world, particularly after the 1970s of the 20th Century (victory of Likud in Israeli elections, the beginning of the John Paul II. pontificate, Iranian Islamic Revolution). Lenč argues that since aforementioned period, religion has played an important role in the policy-making process and that religiosity is experiencing a renaissance.

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