J Christopher Soper
Biographic Data
| ID | 286705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Christopher Soper |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Soper |
| SIGNATURE | SOPER J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pepperdine University |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-0171-3180 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation. By Nilay Saiya
Journal Article The Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation. By Nilay Saiya Get access The Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation. By Nilay Saiya. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 251pp. $34.95 paper. J Christopher Soper J Christopher Soper Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…
Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective
It is difficult to imagine forces in the modern world as potent as nationalism and religion. Both provide people with a source of meaning, each has motivated individuals to carry out extraordinary acts of heroism and cruelty, and both serve as the foundation for communal and personal identity. While the subject has received both scholarly and popular attention, this distinctive book is the first comparative study to examine the origins and develo…
Faith in the New Millennium: The Future of Religion and American Politics , edited by MATTHEW Avery Sutton and Darren Dochuk
With various Republican presidential candidates in the 2016 primary elections going out of their way to demonstrate their religious bona fides, Hillary Clinton speaking about how her Methodist upbringing has shaped her worldview, and even the secular Jewish Bernie Sanders reflecting on the importance of spiritual values, it is easy to conclude that religion is and always has been central to American electoral politics. The collection of essays in…
Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present, written by Oliver Scharbrodt, Tuula Sakaranaho, Adil Hussain Khan, Yafa Shanneik, and Vivian Ibrahim
Church and State in Spanish Formosa
How did Spanish missionaries and local Christian converts interact with the colonial government in Taiwan during the Spanish era (1626–1642)? Did the largely Dominican and Franciscan clerics and their followers play a mainly priestly or prophetic role relative to the Spanish Crown and its representatives in Taiwan? Did Spanish authorities allow full religious freedom for Spaniards and indigenous converts, and did they even actively support the mi…
The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims: The State's Role in Minority Integration
Muslims are the largest religious minority in Western Europe, and they are growing much faster than the historically dominant Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. This fact alone makes the place of Islam in Europe a topic worthy of consideration, but when one further bears in mind that political controversy concerning the rights and status of Muslims has visited every country in the region, it seems inevitable that this will be a salient issue…
Religious Rhetoric and American Politics
President Obama concluded his 2012 speech at the prayer vigil for the Newtown shooting victims with these words: “May God bless and keep those we've lost in His heavenly place. May He grace those we still have with His holy comfort, and may He bless and watch over this community and the United States of America.” As Christopher Chapp demonstrates quite effectively in his Religious Rhetoric and American Politics, the use of religious language by P…
Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan
Responding to the “Asian values” debate over the compatibility of Confucianism and liberal democracy, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, by Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, offers a rigorous, systematic investigation of the contributions of Confucian thought to democratization and the protection of women, indigenous peoples, and press freedom in Taiwan. Relying upon a unique combination of empirical analysis of pub…
Confucian Values and Elite Support for Liberal Democracy in Taiwan: The Perils of Priestly Religion
It is widely recognized that religious institutions and values play a prominent political role in various countries around the world. What is less clear is the degree to which other prominent ideologies perform an analogous role in regions where they predominate. The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between Confucianism and liberal democracy in Taiwan. As the most important belief system in Taiwan and, indeed, in much of Eas…
Religious Institutions, Church-State History and Muslim Mobilisation in Britain, France and Germany
With more than 10 million Muslims living in Western Europe, states are struggling to accommodate the religious needs of Muslims in state-supported institutions. Such issues include whether to fund separate Islamic schools and how or whether to teach Islam in state-supported schools. Despite these common concerns, national governments vary widely in their response to the religious needs and practices of Muslim citizens and permanent residents. Thi…
The Values Campaign: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections
Muslims and the state in Britain, France, and Germany
European governments must struggle with assimilating Muslim newcomers into their countries, with so many more now living in Western Europe. Britain, France, and Germany have dealt with the related problems differently. This book explains why their policies differ and proposes ways of ensuring the successful incorporation of practicing Muslims into liberal democracies. Resolving their issues has become all the more urgent in the aftermath of the t…
Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany
Over ten million Muslims live in Western Europe. Since the early 1990s, and especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, vexing policy questions have emerged about the religious rights of native-born and immigrant Muslims. Britain has struggled over whether to give state funding to private Islamic schools. France has been convulsed over Muslim teenagers wearing the hijab in public schools. Germany has debated whether to grant 'pu…
Explaining the Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in France, Britain, and Germany
The Roots of Public Attitudes Toward State Accommodation of European Muslims' Religious Practices Before and After September 11
More than nine million Muslims currently live in Western Europe, which makes them the largest religious minority in the region. There has been significant political controversy in various European states over how best to recognize Muslims' religious rights. These questions have become even more significant and contentious in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks by Islamic extremists. Using privately commissioned polls on attitudes toward Mus…
Equal Treatment of Religion in a Pluralistic Society
Few areas of public policy in the United States are as politically contentious and legally confusing as church-state relations. And today the traditional view of a strict separation of church and state is being further confused by increasing levels of religious pluralism. This timely book provides the first analysis of a new paradigm for discussing church-state relations -- equal treatment, also sometimes referred to as neutrality -- that has gro…
Tribal Instinct and Religious Persecution: Why Do Western European States Behave So Badly
The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Five Democracies
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The United States: Strict Separation Chapter 4 The Netherlands: Principled Pluralism Chapter 5 Australia: Pragmatic Pluralism Chapter 6 England: Partial Establishment Chapter 7 Germany: Partnership and Autonomy Chapter 8 Church and State in Pluralistic Democracies
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Church and State: Two Models
This essay examines the similarities and differences in how Great Britain and the United States fund religiously affiliated schools and other nonprofit organizations. While each country has adopted a different model of church-state relations, their actual policies tend to converge. This article contends that both nations' funding policies fall short of attaining complete government neutrality in supporting people of all faiths and those of none, …
Evangelical Christianity in the United States and Great Britain: Religious Beliefs, Political Choices
A significant scholarly work. Its continuous assessment of different theories of social movement formation, its unique contentions concerning the mechanisms by which groups become politically mobiliz
Political structures and interest group activism: A comparison of the British and American pro-life movements
This article examines the relationship between the structure of state power and interest group activism in Great Britain and the United States using as a model a comparison of the pro-life movement in both countries. The article proposes that different types of political structures create different sets of opportunities for interest group activism. A review of abortion politics in Britain shows how a unitary political system, lack of elite suppor…
Religious Institutions, Church-State History and Muslim Mobilisation in Britain, France and Germany
With more than 10 million Muslims living in Western Europe, states are struggling to accommodate the religious needs of Muslims in state-supported institutions. Such issues include whether to fund separate Islamic schools and how or whether to teach Islam in state-supported schools. Despite these common concerns, national governments vary widely in their response to the religious needs and practices of Muslim citizens and permanent residents. Thi…
The Roots of Public Attitudes Toward State Accommodation of European Muslims' Religious Practices Before and After September 11
More than nine million Muslims currently live in Western Europe, which makes them the largest religious minority in the region. There has been significant political controversy in various European states over how best to recognize Muslims' religious rights. These questions have become even more significant and contentious in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks by Islamic extremists. Using privately commissioned polls on attitudes toward Mus…
Confucian Values and Elite Support for Liberal Democracy in Taiwan: The Perils of Priestly Religion
It is widely recognized that religious institutions and values play a prominent political role in various countries around the world. What is less clear is the degree to which other prominent ideologies perform an analogous role in regions where they predominate. The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between Confucianism and liberal democracy in Taiwan. As the most important belief system in Taiwan and, indeed, in much of Eas…
Explaining the Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in France, Britain, and Germany
Church and State: Two Models
This essay examines the similarities and differences in how Great Britain and the United States fund religiously affiliated schools and other nonprofit organizations. While each country has adopted a different model of church-state relations, their actual policies tend to converge. This article contends that both nations' funding policies fall short of attaining complete government neutrality in supporting people of all faiths and those of none, …
Evangelical Christianity in the United States and Great Britain: Religious Beliefs, Political Choices
A significant scholarly work. Its continuous assessment of different theories of social movement formation, its unique contentions concerning the mechanisms by which groups become politically mobiliz
Political structures and interest group activism: A comparison of the British and American pro-life movements
This article examines the relationship between the structure of state power and interest group activism in Great Britain and the United States using as a model a comparison of the pro-life movement in both countries. The article proposes that different types of political structures create different sets of opportunities for interest group activism. A review of abortion politics in Britain shows how a unitary political system, lack of elite suppor…
Section News
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Church and State: Two Models
This essay examines the similarities and differences in how Great Britain and the United States fund religiously affiliated schools and other nonprofit organizations. While each country has adopted a different model of church-state relations, their actual policies tend to converge. This article contends that both nations' funding policies fall short of attaining complete government neutrality in supporting people of all faiths and those of none, …
The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Five Democracies
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The United States: Strict Separation Chapter 4 The Netherlands: Principled Pluralism Chapter 5 Australia: Pragmatic Pluralism Chapter 6 England: Partial Establishment Chapter 7 Germany: Partnership and Autonomy Chapter 8 Church and State in Pluralistic Democracies
Equal Treatment of Religion in a Pluralistic Society
Few areas of public policy in the United States are as politically contentious and legally confusing as church-state relations. And today the traditional view of a strict separation of church and state is being further confused by increasing levels of religious pluralism. This timely book provides the first analysis of a new paradigm for discussing church-state relations -- equal treatment, also sometimes referred to as neutrality -- that has gro…
Tribal Instinct and Religious Persecution: Why Do Western European States Behave So Badly
Explaining the Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in France, Britain, and Germany
The Roots of Public Attitudes Toward State Accommodation of European Muslims' Religious Practices Before and After September 11
More than nine million Muslims currently live in Western Europe, which makes them the largest religious minority in the region. There has been significant political controversy in various European states over how best to recognize Muslims' religious rights. These questions have become even more significant and contentious in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks by Islamic extremists. Using privately commissioned polls on attitudes toward Mus…
Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany
Over ten million Muslims live in Western Europe. Since the early 1990s, and especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, vexing policy questions have emerged about the religious rights of native-born and immigrant Muslims. Britain has struggled over whether to give state funding to private Islamic schools. France has been convulsed over Muslim teenagers wearing the hijab in public schools. Germany has debated whether to grant 'pu…
Muslims and the state in Britain, France, and Germany
European governments must struggle with assimilating Muslim newcomers into their countries, with so many more now living in Western Europe. Britain, France, and Germany have dealt with the related problems differently. This book explains why their policies differ and proposes ways of ensuring the successful incorporation of practicing Muslims into liberal democracies. Resolving their issues has become all the more urgent in the aftermath of the t…
The Values Campaign: The Christian Right and the 2004 Elections
Religious Institutions, Church-State History and Muslim Mobilisation in Britain, France and Germany
With more than 10 million Muslims living in Western Europe, states are struggling to accommodate the religious needs of Muslims in state-supported institutions. Such issues include whether to fund separate Islamic schools and how or whether to teach Islam in state-supported schools. Despite these common concerns, national governments vary widely in their response to the religious needs and practices of Muslim citizens and permanent residents. Thi…
Confucian Values and Elite Support for Liberal Democracy in Taiwan: The Perils of Priestly Religion
It is widely recognized that religious institutions and values play a prominent political role in various countries around the world. What is less clear is the degree to which other prominent ideologies perform an analogous role in regions where they predominate. The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between Confucianism and liberal democracy in Taiwan. As the most important belief system in Taiwan and, indeed, in much of Eas…
Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan
Responding to the “Asian values” debate over the compatibility of Confucianism and liberal democracy, Confucianism, Democratization, and Human Rights in Taiwan, by Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, offers a rigorous, systematic investigation of the contributions of Confucian thought to democratization and the protection of women, indigenous peoples, and press freedom in Taiwan. Relying upon a unique combination of empirical analysis of pub…
The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims: The State's Role in Minority Integration
Muslims are the largest religious minority in Western Europe, and they are growing much faster than the historically dominant Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. This fact alone makes the place of Islam in Europe a topic worthy of consideration, but when one further bears in mind that political controversy concerning the rights and status of Muslims has visited every country in the region, it seems inevitable that this will be a salient issue…
Religious Rhetoric and American Politics
President Obama concluded his 2012 speech at the prayer vigil for the Newtown shooting victims with these words: “May God bless and keep those we've lost in His heavenly place. May He grace those we still have with His holy comfort, and may He bless and watch over this community and the United States of America.” As Christopher Chapp demonstrates quite effectively in his Religious Rhetoric and American Politics, the use of religious language by P…
Church and State in Spanish Formosa
How did Spanish missionaries and local Christian converts interact with the colonial government in Taiwan during the Spanish era (1626–1642)? Did the largely Dominican and Franciscan clerics and their followers play a mainly priestly or prophetic role relative to the Spanish Crown and its representatives in Taiwan? Did Spanish authorities allow full religious freedom for Spaniards and indigenous converts, and did they even actively support the mi…
Faith in the New Millennium: The Future of Religion and American Politics , edited by MATTHEW Avery Sutton and Darren Dochuk
With various Republican presidential candidates in the 2016 primary elections going out of their way to demonstrate their religious bona fides, Hillary Clinton speaking about how her Methodist upbringing has shaped her worldview, and even the secular Jewish Bernie Sanders reflecting on the importance of spiritual values, it is easy to conclude that religion is and always has been central to American electoral politics. The collection of essays in…
Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present, written by Oliver Scharbrodt, Tuula Sakaranaho, Adil Hussain Khan, Yafa Shanneik, and Vivian Ibrahim
Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective
It is difficult to imagine forces in the modern world as potent as nationalism and religion. Both provide people with a source of meaning, each has motivated individuals to carry out extraordinary acts of heroism and cruelty, and both serve as the foundation for communal and personal identity. While the subject has received both scholarly and popular attention, this distinctive book is the first comparative study to examine the origins and develo…
The Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation. By Nilay Saiya
Journal Article The Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation. By Nilay Saiya Get access The Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation. By Nilay Saiya. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 251pp. $34.95 paper. J Christopher Soper J Christopher Soper Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…
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