Disciples of the state? : religion and state-building in the former Ottoman world

"As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site of contestation and cooperation between the traditional forces of religion and the emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments, this book problematizes the divergent religion-state power configurations that have developed. There are two central arguments. First, states carved out more sovereign space in places like Greece and Turkey, where religious elites were integral to early centralizing reform processes. Second, region-wide structural constraints on the types of linkages that states were able to build with religion have generated long-term repercussions. Fatefully, both state policies that seek to facilitate equality through the recognition of religious difference and state policies that seek to eradicate such difference have contributed to failures of liberal democratic consolidation" (ed.) 01.0_pp_i_ii_Disciples_of_the_State 02.0_pp_iii_iii_Disciples_of_the_State 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vii_Contents 05.0_pp_viii_viii_Figures 06.0_pp_ix_x_Tables 07.0_pp_xi_xiv_Preface 08.0_pp_xv_xvi_Acknowledgments 09.0_pp_xvii_xviii_Transliteration_of_Modern_Greek 10.0_pp_xix_xx_Pronunciation_of_Turkish 11.0_pp_xxi_xxii_Transliteration_of_Modern_Turkish_Ottoman_Turkish_and_Arabic 12.0_pp_1_14_Introduction_Religion_and_the_Quest_for_State_Sovereignty 13.0_pp_15_34_Creating_Disciples_of_the_State 14.0_pp_35_51_The_Ottoman_Imperial_Footprint_and_the_International_Context 15.0_pp_52_58_The_First_Reformer_Egypt_under_Muammad_Al 16.0_pp_59_82_Synthesizing_the_Religious_and_the_National_in_a_Revolutionary_and_Irredentist_Greece 17.0_pp_83_127_The_Religious_Roots_of_the_Secular_State_Understanding_Turkeys_Sacred_Synthesis_of_the_Religious_and 18.0_pp_128_148_How_the_Religious_and_the_National_Diverge_Evidence_from_Egypt 19.0_pp_149_184_Sacred_Syntheses_the_Politics_of_Exclusion_and_the_Prospects_of_Liberal_Democracy 20.0_pp_185_195_Conclusions 21.0_pp_196_202_Postscript_Sacred_Synthesis_Undone_in_Turkey 22.0_pp_203_246_Notes 23.0_pp_247_282_Bibliography 24.0_pp_283_292_Index Examines the strategies adopted by state-builders in their approach toward religion, and the power arrangements between state and religion that emerge during the state-building process. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, history, and religious studies. Using Historical Process Tracing, This Book Examines State Interaction With Religious Elites, Institutions, And Attachments In Egypt, Greece, And Turkey.