Confronting secularism in Europe and India: legitimacy and disenchantment in contemporary times

"Can secularism continue to provide a foundation for political legitimacy? It is often claimed that one of the cultural achievements of the West has been its establishment of secular democracy, wherein religious belief is respected but confined to the sphere of private belief. In more recent ti...

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Другие авторы: Black, Brian C. 1966- (Другой) ; Hyman, Gavin (Другой) ; Smith, Graham M. (Другой)
Формат: Print
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: London [u.a.] Bloomsbury 2014
В:Год: 2014
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Индия (мотив) / Европа (мотив) / Религия (мотив) / Политика (мотив) / Секуляризация (каноническое право)
Другие ключевые слова:B Secularism (Europe)
B Religion And Politics (Europe)
B Religion And Politics (India)
B Secularism (India)
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Итог:"Can secularism continue to provide a foundation for political legitimacy? It is often claimed that one of the cultural achievements of the West has been its establishment of secular democracy, wherein religious belief is respected but confined to the sphere of private belief. In more recent times, however, political secularism has been increasingly called into question. Religious believers, in numerous traditions, have protested against the distortion and confinement that secularism imposes on their faith. Others have become uneasily aware of the way in which secularism no longer commands universal assent in the way it once did.Confronting Secularism in Europe and India adds to this debate by staging a creative encounter between European and Indian conceptions of secularism with a view to continuing new and distinctive trajectories of thought about the place and role of secularism in contemporary times. Looking at political secularism, the relationship between secularism and religion, and religious and secular violence, this book considers whether there are viable alternatives to secularism in Europe and in India"--
"Can secularism continue to provide a foundation for political legitimacy? It is often claimed that one of the cultural achievements of the West has been its establishment of secular democracy, wherein religious belief is respected but confined to the sphere of private belief. In more recent times, however, political secularism has been increasingly called into question. Religious believers, in numerous traditions, have protested against the distortion and confinement that secularism imposes on their faith. Others have become uneasily aware of the way in which secularism no longer commands universal assent in the way it once did. Confronting Secularism in Europe and India adds to this debate by staging a creative encounter between European and Indian conceptions of secularism with a view to continuing new and distinctive trajectories of thought about the place and role of secularism in contemporary times. Looking at political secularism, the relationship between secularism and religion, and religious and secular violence, this book considers whether there are viable alternatives to secularism in Europe and in India"--
Примечание:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1780935064