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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462857303321

Titolo

Democracy and religion [[electronic resource] ] : free exercise and diverse visions / / edited by David Odell-Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-61277-393-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Odell-ScottDavid W

Disciplina

323.44/2/0973

Soggetti

Freedom of religion - United States

Democracy - Religious aspects

Violence - Religious aspects

Religious fundamentalism

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 (p. 348-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""The Theo-democratic Vision of Religious Fundamentalists""; ""SECTION I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE""; ""Exercise Clauses: Introduction and Discussion""; ""Explaining the Complexities of Religion and State in the United States: Separation, Integration, and Accommodation""; ""Public Funds and Religious Schools: The Next Prayer Debate?""

""The Rise of State Law Sanctuary for Minority Religious Liberty in the Wake of the Fall of Federal Constitutional Protection of Nonmainstream Faiths""""SECTION II: HOLY AND UNHOLY WAR: RELIGION, VIOLENCE, AND NONVIOLENCE""; ""Religious (Ill)Literacy and (Un)Civil Liberties in the United States: Past and Present""; ""The Search for Meaning in Islam: Between Violence and Nonviolence""; ""Islam at the Crossroads of Extremism and Moderation: New Science, Global Peace, and Democracy""; ""The White Man's Wounded Knee, or, Whose Holy War Is This, Anyway? A Cautionary Tale""

""Yesterday's Love, Today's Ruins: Walker Percy's Apocalyptic Vision""""SECTION III: A DILEMMA FOR DEMOCRACY: THE FREE EXERCISE OF



RELIGION AND THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM""; ""Fundamentalism, Democracy, and the Contesting of Meaning""; ""Dilemmas of Turkish Democracy: The Encounter between Kemalist Laicism and Islamism in 1990s Turkey""; ""Religious Fundamentalism and Democratic Social Practices: Or, Why a Democracy Needs Fundamentalists, and Why They Need a Democracy""; ""On Naming Religious Extremists: The ""Fundamentalist"" Factor""

""SECTION IV: RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE: CHALLENGES TO THE FREE EXERCISE OF DIVERSE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY""""Exceptionalism and the Immigrant Experience: America, an Unfinished Project?""; ""Goddess Amba Unwelcome in Edison, New Jersey: Report of a Town's Xenophobic Conflation of Race and Religion""; ""Liberalism and the Challenge of Multicultural Accommodation""; ""Diverse Religious Practices and the Limits of Liberal Tolerance""; ""Dealing with the Unfinished Business of America: Fighting Bias, Bigotry, and Racism in the Twenty-first Century""

""Selected Bibliography""""Contributors""; ""Index""