The volume collects eminent works on the relationship between politics and religion by leading figures in Cultural Studies. The contributors share in the basic belief that the roots of contemporary conflicts have to be uncovered from the historical descent of religion.

Bernhard Giesen is Professor at the Department of History and Sociology at the University of Konstanz. He has published on various issues of sociological theory, cultural sociology and historical sociology.
Daniel Ṧuber is Research Assistant at the Department of History and Sociology at the University of Konstanz. He works in the field of cultural sociology, sociological theory, and sociological methodology.