Secularism And Its Opponents From Augustine To Solzhenitsyn

Author : E. Kennedy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230601685
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secularism and its Opponents from Augustine to Solzhenitsyn written by E. Kennedy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this overview of secularism and its history, Kennedy traces, through a series of intellectual biographies of leading European thinkers such as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Dostoyevsky, and Solzhenitsyn, just how the Western world changed from religious to secular.

Author : E. Kennedy
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781403976154
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secularism and its Opponents from Augustine to Solzhenitsyn written by E. Kennedy and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-12-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this overview of secularism and its history, Kennedy traces, through a series of intellectual biographies of leading European thinkers such as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Dostoyevsky, and Solzhenitsyn, just how the Western world changed from religious to secular.

Author : Elisa Kriza
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838266897
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Cold War Icon, Gulag Author, Russian Nationalist? written by Elisa Kriza and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Berlinerblau
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137380373
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secularism on the Edge written by J. Berlinerblau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law.

Author : Shireen T. Hunter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442272597
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God on Our Side written by Shireen T. Hunter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book offers an accessible introduction to religion in international affairs. Shireen T. Hunter highlights the growing importance of religion in politics and analyzes its nature, role, and significance. She places the question of religion’s impact on global affairs in the broader context of state and nonstate actors, weighing the factors that most affect their actions. Through the lens of three compelling and distinctive case studies—Russia’s response to the Yugoslav crisis, Turkey’s reaction to the Bosnian war, and Europe’s policy toward Turkish membership in the EU—Hunter demonstrates that religion increasingly shapes international affairs in significant and diverse ways. Her book is essential reading for anyone needing a better understanding of why and, more important, how, religion influences the behavior of international actors and thus the character of world politics.

Author : Akeel Bilgrami
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231541015
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Secular West written by Akeel Bilgrami and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the character of secularism in countries that were not pervaded by Christianity, such as China, India, and the nations of the Middle East? To what extent is the secular an imposition of colonial rule? How does secularism comport with local religious cultures in Africa, and how does it work with local forms of power and governance in Latin America? Has modern secularism evolved organically, or is it even necessary, and has it always meant progress? A vital extension of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, in which he exhaustively chronicled the emergence of secularism in Latin Christendom, this anthology applies Taylor's findings to secularism's global migration. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Rajeev Bhargava, Akeel Bilgrami, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Sudipta Kaviraj, Claudio Lomnitz, Alfred Stepan, Charles Taylor, and Peter van der Veer each explore the transformation of Western secularism beyond Europe, and the collection closes with Taylor's response to each essay. What began as a modern reaction to—as well as a stubborn extension of—Latin Christendom has become a complex export shaped by the world's religious and political systems. Brilliantly alternating between intellectual and methodological approaches, this volume fosters a greater engagement with the phenomenon across disciplines.

Author : Phil Zuckerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199988455
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Secularism written by Phil Zuckerman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As recent headlines reveal, conflicts and debates around the world increasingly involve secularism. National borders and traditional religions cannot keep people in tidy boxes as political struggles, doctrinal divergences, and demographic trends are sweeping across regions and entire continents. And secularity is increasing in society, with a growing number of people in many regions having no religious affiliation or lacking interest in religion. Simultaneously, there is a resurgence of religious participation in the politics of many countries. How might these diverse phenomena be better understood? Long-reigning theories about the pace of secularization and ideal church-state relations are under invigorated scrutiny by scholars studying secularism with new questions, better data, and fresh perspectives. The Oxford Handbook of Secularism offers a wide-ranging and in-depth examination of this global conversation, bringing together the views of an international collection of prominent experts in their respective fields. This is the essential volume for comprehending the core issues and methodological approaches to the demographics and sociology of secularity; the history and variety of political secularisms; the comparison of constitutional secularisms across many countries from America to Asia; the key problems now convulsing church-state relations; the intersections of liberalism, multiculturalism, and religion; the latest psychological research into secular lives and lifestyles; and the naturalistic and humanistic worldviews available to nonreligious people.

Author : Nader Hashemi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199886520
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy written by Nader Hashemi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs. In Islam, Secularism, and Liberal Democracy, Nader Hashemi challenges the widely held belief among social scientists that religious politics and liberal-democratic development are structurally incompatible. This book argues for a rethinking of democratic theory so that it incorporates the variable of religion in the development of liberal democracy. In the process, it proves that an indigenous theory of Muslim secularism is not only possible, but is a necessary requirement for the advancement of liberal democracy in Muslim societies.

Author : K. Fry
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113740826X
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric written by K. Fry and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers arguments made by various sides of the political-religious divide from the past 30 years, showing what the actual differences are between these groups. By stressing the typically ignored similarities, the book better informs partisans and the public to move debate forward.

Author : A. Afsaruddin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137002026
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam, the State, and Political Authority written by A. Afsaruddin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expert essays in this volume deal with critically important topics concerning Islam and politics in both the pre-modern and modern periods, such as the nature of government, the relationship between politics and theology, Shi'i conceptions of statecraft, notions of public duty, and the compatibility of Islam and democratic governance.