Title The politics of religious party change : Islamist and Catholic parties in comparative perspective / A. Kadir Yildirim

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics. Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What are Anti-system Parties? -- Contributions and Significance -- Methods and Data -- Cases -- Organization -- 1 Explaining Religious Party Change -- An Institutional Theory of Religious Party Change -- Religious Institutions -- Main Actors -- Catholic Parties Versus Islamist Parties -- 2 Catholic and Islamic Religious Institutions -- Hierarchical Organization in the Catholic Church Decentralized and Nonhierarchical Structure of Religious Authority in Sunni Islam -- The Break and the New Equilibrium -- Criticism of the Ulama -- Invoking Islamic Concepts -- Ijtihad -- Fatwa -- A New Public -- Ulama's Response -- Conclusion -- 3 Anticlericalism, Religious Revival, and the Rise of Religious Political Identities -- Political Identity Formation -- Waves of Anticlerical and Anti-Ulama Attacks -- Religious Revivalism -- 4 The Origins of Religiopolitical Identity -- The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood -- The Origins of the Movement -- Creating the Brotherhood Brand Early Years of the Brotherhood -- Political Activism and Growing Tensions -- Tunisian Ennahdha Movement -- The National Outlook Movement of Turkey -- The Rise of the National Outlook Movement -- The Early Years: Party-Movement Relationship -- The Welfare Party -- Center Party in Germany -- Rise of the Catholic Mass Movement -- Brewing Intra-Catholic Conflict -- Popular Party in Italy -- The Rise of Catholic Action -- Catholic Political Activism -- Catholic Party of Belgium -- Anticlericalism in Belgium -- The Rise of the Catholic Mass Movement -- 5 Intraparty Conflict The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt -- The 2011 Revolution and the Nonevolution of the Brotherhood -- Ennahdha Movement in Tunisia -- Specialization Policy -- Comprehensive Approach to Religiopolitical Activism -- The Need for Organizational Reform -- Specialization Policy and Ennahdha's Future -- The Justice and Development Party in Turkey -- The AKP and Religious Discourse -- The Rise of the Center Party -- The Formation of PPI and the Catholic Church's Response in Italy -- The Rise of the Catholic Party in Belgium -- Conclusion: Looking Ahead -- The Challenge of Islamist Organizational Reform Summary The Politics of Religious Party Change examines the ideological change and secularization of religious political parties and asks: when and why do religious parties become less anti-system? In a comparative analysis, the book traces the striking similarities in the historical origins of Islamist and Catholic parties in the Middle East and Western Europe, chronicles their conflicts with existing religious authorities, and analyzes the subsequently divergent trajectories of Islamist and Catholic parties. In examining how religious institutional structures affect the actions of religious parties in electoral politics, the book finds that centralized and hierarchical religious authority structures - such as the Vatican - incentivize religious parties to move in more pro-system, secular, and democratic directions. By contrast, less centralized religious authority structures - such as in Sunni Islam - create more permissive environments for religious parties to be anti-system and more prone to freely-formed parties and hybrid party movements Bibliography Bibliography -- List of Interviews -- Index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2023) Subject Catholic Church -- Political activity -- Europe, Western SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Political parties -- Middle East Political parties -- Europe, Western Islam and politics -- Middle East Party affiliation -- Middle East Party affiliation -- Europe, Western Islam and politics Party affiliation Political participation Political parties Middle East Western Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009170734 1009170732 9781009186490 1009186493

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