Political Science of Religion

The main directions of political science of religion, which are in constant development, are:

• Everything that is within the framework of religious doctrine and religious practice has directly political content and order. For example: a religious understanding of power, power, political authority, state, political organization, war, peace, etc.
• All that within the framework of religious behavior and religious practice does not have a direct political content and order, but has immediate political consequences. For example: construction of religious facilities, pilgrimages .
• The position of the subject of politics in a narrower sense in relation to religion and religious associations. For example: the positions of political parties and groups aimed at exerting pressure on religion and religious associations.
• All that within the framework of a seemingly completely friendly behavior that does not have a religious motive causes religious consequences. For example, if in any religious community, adherents of one religion receive a monopoly on some kind of economic industry, which causes political consequences.

Thus, the political science of religion can be defined as one of the latest political science disciplines, which studies the influence of religion on politics and politics on religion. Particular attention is paid to the relations of the subject of politics in the narrow sense of the word with faith and religious communities.

Political science of religion is studied in almost all departments and departments of political science in the United States . Within the framework of the American Union of Political Sciences, there is a section "Religion and Politics".

In Europe, there are more and more such educational institutions, and in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, the study of the political science of religion was first introduced at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade in 1993 . The first scientific journal dedicated to the publication of works on this discipline began to be published in Belgrade in 2007 . The journal is called “ Political Science of Religion, ” published by its “Center for the Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance,” the chief and responsible editor is Professor Mirolyub Yevtich .

• Miroubub Evtiy, Religion and Politics-Withdrawal from Political Scientists , Religion , p. 15 Institute for Political Studies, School of Politics and Political Science, Beograd, 2002 ISBN 86-7419-048-0
• Miroljub Jevtic, Political Science and Religion, Political Science of Religion, br . 1/2007 Vol. I, pp. 63-64, Beograd, ISSN 1820-6581
• Miroljub Jevtic, Religion as Political Science Research Subject, Religion and Politics , pp. 45-46, Blagoevgrad, 2005, ISBN 954-8118-39-4
• Miroljub Jevtic, Nabozenstvo a politika: Teoreticky Pristup, Rocenka Ustavu pre vztahy statu a cirkvi , Bratislava, 2008, Slovakia, pp. 104-105, ISBN 978-80-89096 -34-06
• Miroljub Jevtic, Religion and Power-Essays on Politology of Religion , Dioceze of Ras-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija, Gracanica and Center for study of Religion and Religious Tolerance, Belgrade ISBN 978-86-82323-29-7
• Miroljub Jevtic, Religion as Political Science Research Subject, Vjera i politika , Filozofsko-Teoloski Institut druzbe Isusove, Zagreb, 2009, ISBN 978-953-231-076-4

• American Political Science Union
• Center for the Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance (Serb.)
• Faculty of Political Science