Category Archives: Section Journal: Politics and Religion

Dear Colleague,

To kick off 2013, Cambridge Journals has gathered together 2012's top five most downloaded articles from Politics and Religion. Now through March 1, 2013, download these articles free of charge.

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Published Online on 20th December 2012.

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Lead Article

"Religious Regulation and the Muslim Democracy Gap"
by Ani Sarkissian
Michigan State University

Abstract
This article argues that high levels of government regulation of religion help to explain the “democracy gap” in majority Muslim countries. Controlling for previously hypothesized determinants of democracy, it finds that as levels of regulation increase, levels of democracy decline. Examination of specific types of religious regulation in Muslim-majority countries uncovers a pattern of repression of religious expression that may be used to mobilize citizens politically. These regulations are targeted more often at Muslims who seek independence from state-controlled religion or who wish to challenge authoritarian governments, rather than at non-Muslim minorities or at religious worship more generally. Thus, authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes in Muslim-majority states successfully use policies toward religion to restrict political competition and inhibit democratic transition.

I am writing to see if you have, or know of anyone, who might have two
copies of Politics and Religion, Volumes 1-3?  The journal has just been
accepted for indexing in the American Theological Library Association
(ATLA) database, and needs two copies of each issue from the first 3 years
of the journal. If you have any leads on people who might have copies,
please let me know.

You may also have just seen the email that Politics and Religion was
accepted for indexing in the SSCI, starting in 2012. The journal will
receive a 2014 impact factor in 2015.  This is fabulous news and I hope
that everyone in the section is very proud of the journal and all the hard
work that has gone into it!

Kind regards,

Gillian

Gillian Greenough
Editor
Cambridge University Press
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2473 USA

Email. ggreenough@cambridge.org

Volume 5 / Issue 02, August 2012, pp 221 – 500
Online on 30th July 2012