03242nam 22006732 450 991046334390332120151005020621.01-107-23648-71-139-61075-91-139-60903-31-139-62563-21-139-61261-11-139-61633-11-299-39999-11-139-62191-21-139-19926-9(CKB)2670000000338709(EBL)1139758(OCoLC)829459919(SSID)ssj0000836017(PQKBManifestationID)11470217(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836017(PQKBWorkID)10997619(PQKB)10024604(UkCbUP)CR9781139199261(MiAaPQ)EBC1139758(Au-PeEL)EBL1139758(CaPaEBR)ebr10667750(CaONFJC)MIL471249(EXLCZ)99267000000033870920111122d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeyond church and state democracy, secularism, and conversion /Matthew Scherer[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (x, 240 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Religion, politics, and democracyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-57943-0 1-107-02609-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Beyond Church & StateSecularismReligion and politicsSecularism.Religion and politics.322/.1Scherer Matthew1977-1032175UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910463343903321Beyond church and state2449918UNINA