Religious political masks

This book presents the most important previous literature in the field of "Political Party Studies and Party Systems," which addressed the role of religion in political parties in general and in democratic states in particular. It begins with what is called the "Secularization Thesis," which dominated this literature throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the author believes that it is one of the reasons that prevented the presentation of comparative studies in the field of the relationship between political parties and religion. The new aspect that the book offers is its theoretical side, with application to six case studies that vary geographically and religiously, including countries from Asia, Africa, Europe, and America, as well as Islamic, Christian, Jewish, and other countries: India, Israel, Italy, Turkey, the United States, and Tunisia. This is followed by a conclusion in which the author conducted a comparative analysis of these cases, highlighting their similarities and differences. The theoretical part of the book revolves around the "Disunity Thesis," which the author employs to understand the nature of religious and sectarian divisions and the implications of their use in the political arena. It then analyzes the patterns of divisions with religious orientation, discussing the approaches to viewing them and the shortcomings of these approaches.