Religious NGOs in International Relations: The Construction of "the Religious" and "the Secular"
London; New York: Routledge (2016), x, 217 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 192-210, index
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
ISBN 978-1-315-71378-6 (ebook); 978-1-138-85635-6 (print)
"This book focuses on the construction of the human rights discourse inside two religiously affiliated organizations: The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and Pax Romana (IMCS / ICMICA). These organizations have been formally accredited as NGOs by the UN, label themselves as religious, and look back upon a long and intense cooperation with the UN. Lehmann presents material from the archives of those two organizations that has so far rarely been used for academic analysis. In doing so, as well as documenting the encounters between those organizations and the UN, and looking at the Protestant and Catholic spectrum, the book provides new insights into the very construction of the notions of 'the religious' and the 'secular' inside those organizations." (Publisher description)
1 Looking into the black box of religiously affiliated organizations, 1
2 Resurgence debates, revisited, 19
3 Methodical and methodological layout of the analyses, 45
4 Religions and human rights in the context of the UN, 59
5 Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), 80
6 Pax Romana (ICMICA/IMCS), 120
7 Worldwide trend towards activism, 163
8 A re-evaluation of the resurgence debates, 175
2 Resurgence debates, revisited, 19
3 Methodical and methodological layout of the analyses, 45
4 Religions and human rights in the context of the UN, 59
5 Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), 80
6 Pax Romana (ICMICA/IMCS), 120
7 Worldwide trend towards activism, 163
8 A re-evaluation of the resurgence debates, 175
