Religion, the enlightenment, and the new global order [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John M. Owen IV and J. Judd Owen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458445103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-99041-1; 9786612990410; 0-231-52662-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Collana: Columbia series on religion and politics
• Altri autori (Persone): OwenJohn M; OwenJ. Judd
• Disciplina: 201/.72
• Soggetti: Religion and politics; Enlightenment; Islam; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. The Enlightenment Revisited -- 1. Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order / Owen, John M. / Owen, J. Judd -- 2. Religious Violence or Religious Pluralism / Galston, William A. -- 3. Religion, Enlightenment, and a Common Good / Elshtain, Jean Bethke -- 4. How and Why the West Has Lost Confidence in Its Foundational Political Principles / Pangle, Thomas L. -- II. The Enlightenment, Secularity, and the Religions -- 5. The Enlightenment Project, Spinoza, and the Jews / Novak, David -- 6. Puritan Sources of Enlightenment Liberty / Witte, John -- 7. India / Mehta, Pratap Bhanu -- 8. Reason and Revelation in Islamic Political Ethics / Sachedina, Abdulaziz -- 9. Islam, Constitutionalism, and Liberal Democracy / Hashmi, Sohail H. -- 10. Religion and Politics / Papini, Roberto -- 11. Concluding Thoughts / Owen, John M. / Owen, J. Judd -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Largely due to the cultural and political shift of the Enlightenment, Western societies in the eighteenth century emerged from sectarian conflict and embraced a more religiously moderate path. In nine ; original essays, leading scholars ask whether exporting the Enlightenment solution is possible—or even desirable—today. Contributors begin by revisiting the Enlightenment's restructuring of the West, examining its ongoing encounters with Protestant and Catholic Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. While acknowledging the necessity of the Enlightenment emphasis on toleration and peaceful religious coexistence, these scholars nevertheless have grave misgivings about the Enlightenment's spiritually thin secularism. The authors ultimately upend both the claim that the West's experience offers a ready-made template for the world to follow and the belief that the West's achievements are to be ignored, despised, or discarded.