UID:
almafu_9958074532202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 240 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-23648-7
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1-139-61075-9
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1-139-60903-3
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1-139-62563-2
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1-139-61261-1
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1-139-61633-1
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1-299-39999-1
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1-139-62191-2
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1-139-19926-9
Serie:
Religion, politics, and democracy
Inhalt:
Secularism is often imagined in Thomas Jefferson's words as 'a wall of separation between Church and State'. This book moves past that standard picture to argue that secularism is a process that reshapes both religion and politics. Borrowing a term from religious traditions, the book goes further to argue that this process should be understood as a process of conversion. Matthew Scherer studies Saint Augustine, John Locke, John Rawls, Henri Bergson and Stanley Cavell to present a more accurate picture of what secularism is, what it does, and how it can be reimagined to be more conducive to genuine democracy.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: beyond the separation of church and state: secularism as conversion -- 1. The authorized narrative and crystalline structure of conversion in Augustine's Confessions -- 2. Toleration and conversion in Locke's letters: it is 'above all things necessary to distinguish' -- 3. The crystalline structure of conversion: Henri Bergson's Two Sources -- 4. Saint John (Rawls): the miracle of secular reason -- 5. The wish for a better life: Stanley Cavell's critique of the social contract -- Conclusion: from Supernovas into The Deep: secularism as conversion, a conversion of secularism.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-107-57943-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-107-02609-1
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139199261
