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Christian Joppke - The Secular State Under Siege. Religion and Politics in Europe and America.  - 9780745665412 - V9780745665412
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The Secular State Under Siege. Religion and Politics in Europe and America.

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Description for The Secular State Under Siege. Religion and Politics in Europe and America. Hardcover. Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is challenged today by the return of public religion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HRAM2; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.

Throughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is challenged today by the return of public religion. This cogent analysis unravels the nature of the connection, disconnection, and attempted reconnection between religion and politics in the West.

In a comparison of Western Europe and North America, Christianity and Islam, Joppke advances far-reaching theoretical, historical, and comparative-political arguments. With respect to theory, it is argued that only a “substantive” concept of religion, as pertaining to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745665412
SKU
V9780745665412
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About Christian Joppke
Christian Joppke is Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Bern.

Reviews for The Secular State Under Siege. Religion and Politics in Europe and America.
"In this impressive work, dealing with a theme of persistent (indeed, on some counts, increasing) public significance, the author follows up a sustained historical and conceptual discussion of the relations between political and religious power with a penetrating analysis of some of their major contemporary problematics. Throughout, the scholarly intensity of Joppke�s argument is matched by his capacity for clear, ... Read more

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