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Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order
John M Owen
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Paperback. Editor(s): Owen, John M., IV; Owen, J. Judd. Series: Columbia Series on Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAC; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Largely due to the cultural and political shift of the Enlightenment, Western societies in the eighteenth century emerged from sectarian conflict and embraced a more religiously moderate path. In nine original essays, leading scholars ask whether exporting the Enlightenment solution is possible--or even desirable--today. Contributors begin by revisiting the Enlightenment's restructuring of the West, examining its ongoing encounters with Protestant and Catholic Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. While acknowledging the necessity of the Enlightenment emphasis on toleration and peaceful religious coexistence, these scholars nevertheless have grave misgivings about the Enlightenment's spiritually thin secularism. The authors ultimately upend both the claim ... Read more
Largely due to the cultural and political shift of the Enlightenment, Western societies in the eighteenth century emerged from sectarian conflict and embraced a more religiously moderate path. In nine original essays, leading scholars ask whether exporting the Enlightenment solution is possible--or even desirable--today. Contributors begin by revisiting the Enlightenment's restructuring of the West, examining its ongoing encounters with Protestant and Catholic Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. While acknowledging the necessity of the Enlightenment emphasis on toleration and peaceful religious coexistence, these scholars nevertheless have grave misgivings about the Enlightenment's spiritually thin secularism. The authors ultimately upend both the claim ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Series on Religion and Politics
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231150071
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V9780231150071
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About John M Owen
John M. Owen IV is associate professor of politics and faculty fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is author of Liberal Peace, Liberal War and The Clash of Ideas in World Politics and lives with his wife and three children in Charlottesville, Virginia. J. Judd Owen is associate professor of ... Read more
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