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Religious Politics and Secular States
Scott W. Hibbard
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Description for Religious Politics and Secular States
Religious Politics and Secular States fills this gap by situating this trend within long-standing debates over the proper role of religion in public life. Num Pages: 328 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HRA; JPB; JPH; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 597.
This comparative analysis probes why conservative renderings of religious tradition in the United States, India, and Egypt remain so influential in the politics of these three ostensibly secular societies. The United States, Egypt, and India were quintessential models of secular modernity in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1980s and 1990s, conservative Islamists challenged the Egyptian government, India witnessed a surge in Hindu nationalism, and the Christian right in the United States rose to dominate the Republican Party and large swaths of the public discourse. Using a nuanced theoretical framework that emphasizes the interaction of religion and politics, Scott W. ... Read more
This comparative analysis probes why conservative renderings of religious tradition in the United States, India, and Egypt remain so influential in the politics of these three ostensibly secular societies. The United States, Egypt, and India were quintessential models of secular modernity in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1980s and 1990s, conservative Islamists challenged the Egyptian government, India witnessed a surge in Hindu nationalism, and the Christian right in the United States rose to dominate the Republican Party and large swaths of the public discourse. Using a nuanced theoretical framework that emphasizes the interaction of religion and politics, Scott W. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801896699
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V9780801896699
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About Scott W. Hibbard
Scott W. Hibbard is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at DePaul University. He is the coauthor of Islamic Activism and U.S. Foreign Policy.
Reviews for Religious Politics and Secular States
Students of contemporary religion and contemporary politics should consider Hibbard's argument very seriously.
Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2011 With its accessible language and rich examples, this book would be of interest to a wide audience that includes general readers as well as scholars of religion and politics. Choice 2011
Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2011 With its accessible language and rich examples, this book would be of interest to a wide audience that includes general readers as well as scholars of religion and politics. Choice 2011