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UNINA9910813662203321 |
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Autore |
Scherer Matthew <1977-> |
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Titolo |
Beyond church and state : democracy, secularism, and conversion / / Matthew Scherer [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-23648-7 |
1-139-61075-9 |
1-139-60903-3 |
1-139-62563-2 |
1-139-61261-1 |
1-139-61633-1 |
1-299-39999-1 |
1-139-62191-2 |
1-139-19926-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Religion, politics, and democracy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Secularism |
Religion and politics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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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. |
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