Anthropologists and other social scientists present a range of case studies from around the globe that grapple with tangled relations between religion and politics in the midst of the globalizing age. They cover shaping religion through politics, open conflicts between religion and politics, the tight embrace of religion and politics, and opening new space for religion. Among specific topics are ethnic identity and religious competition: Buddhism and shamanism in southern Siberia, church confronts state: the 2005 Manifestasaun in Timor-Leste, and the ambiguities of Islamism and a century of Iranian opposition. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)