Can Russia and the U.S. work together against the jihadist group ISIS in Syria and Iraq, considering their differing conservative Christian politics?
John Anderson, in Conservative Christian Politics in Russia and the United States explores this very question, by considering the politics of conservative Christian churches and social movements in Russia and the United States, and how this has affected their international and national policy. As, whilst secularization continues to chip away at religious adherence and practice in Europe, religion is often seen as an influential force in the politics of the