Democracy and religion : free exercise and diverse visions / / edited by David Odell-Scott

• Pubblicazione: Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.44/2/0973
• Soggetto topico: Freedom of religion - United States; Democracy - Religious aspects; Violence - Religious aspects; Religious fundamentalism
• Altri autori: Odell-ScottDavid W
• 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: Compiled from papers delivered at the third annual Kent State University Symposium on Democracy held in spring 2002, Democracy and Religion: Free Exercise and Diverse Visions explores the interrelations of politics and religion. The work is divided into four main sections: the constitutional debate regarding the establishment and free exercise of religion clause, the themes of violence and nonviolence as they relate to religion, the free exercise of religion and the rise of fundamentalism, and the challenges to the free exercise of diverse religious practices in a democratic society. Each of the main categories is subsequently broken down and examined in-depth by an expert in the field. Discussions include an explanation of the complexities of religion and state in the United States, encompassing separation, integration, and accommodation, as well as past and present religious literacy and civil liberties, and an examination of violence and nonviolence, extremism and moderation, in Islam. This compilation of essays will fascinate those with an interest in the complex relationship between religion and politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy and religion
• ISBN: 1-61277-393-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974406203321
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