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UNINA9910822956903321 |
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Titolo |
Democracy and religion : free exercise and diverse visions / / edited by David Odell-Scott |
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Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2004 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Freedom of religion - United States |
Democracy - Religious aspects |
Violence - Religious aspects |
Religious fundamentalism |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-367) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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 |
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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"" |
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