Editors' Introduction

British voters have “little appetite for overtly religious politics” and therefore conservative Christian political candidate may be excluded because party leaders fear such candidates would lose more votes than they would attract. Providing commentary on a broader European context, Hans Volaard maintains that in a largely secular Europe, Christians are regrouping into a “creative minority” in order to convey an “explicitly faith-based message to a broader public.” [...]with his bid for the best title for a journal article, Patrick Schoettmer contributes an interesting analysis of Buddhist political engagement in the US as driven “by private religious practice rather than by communal or small-group religious participation.”