Review of Morteza Hashemi and Christopher R. Cotter, Religion in Fortress Europe: Perspectives on Belief, Citizenship and Identity in a Time of Polarized Politics By Carole Cusack

https://www.academia.edu/171163403/Review_of_Morteza_Hashemi_and_Christopher_R_Cotter_Religion_in_Fortress_Europe_Perspectives_on_Belief_Citizenship_and_Identity_in_a_Time_of_Polarized_Politics?email_work_card=title This timely collection of fine scholarship addresses the intersections of politics, statehood, religion, majority cultures, and minority groups in Europe in the 2020s. The methodological underpinnings are explained in Mike Slaven’s “Fortress Europe: Developments of a concept since the 1990s.” Europe is problematic, both as an ideal and in reality (Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople, straddles Europe and Asia, the vast territory of the Russian Federation is likewise part of two continents, the United Nations acknowledges forty-four European countries but other counts suggest as many as fifty-one might qualify, and the attempt to strengthen borders around Europe while being borderless between member states is also complicated). ...