This work seeks to provide a comprehensive and articulate survey of a long ignored field of international relation theory: the influence of religion on the Realist tradition of international thought. This anthology explicitly tests the Realist tradition against its possibilities to grasp religion theoretically in order to understand contemporary Realist international relation theory comprehensively.

1. Getting theory? Realism and the study of religion in international affairs Jodok Troy 2. The Influence of the Jewish Experience on the Liberal Realism of Hans J. Morgenthau Ben Mollov 3. What is Christian about Christian Realism? John Carlson 4. Augustine of Hippo, the Pilgrim Ethic & Relational Politics Amanda Russell Beattie 5. Realism and Religion in "a Secular Age" Cecelia Lynch 6. Liberalism's Religion Problem and the Promise of Realism in a Religious World Eric Patterson 7. Ethics of Anti-Hubris in Morgenthau Hartmut Behr and Felix Rösch 8. The Constructive Norm Constituting Power of Religion in Political Realism Christoph Rohde 9. Religion and the Realist Tradition of International Relations in a constructed world Vendulka Kubalkova & Mika Luoma-aho 10. One Cheer for Classical Realism, or Toward a Power Politics of Religion Peter Henne & Daniel Nexon11. Religion and Realism: Charting a Middle Path for International Relations Theory Rebecca Glazier

Jodok Troy is a lecturer and project leader at the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck. He was as research fellow at the Georgetown University, USA. His most recent publications include Christian Approaches to International Relations and the volume Mission Critical: Smaller Democracies' Role in Global Stability Operations.