Overview

100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private concern. Today, organised religion is still a powerful political force in most parts of the world. In many its political significance has grown. But is it an ally or an enemy of pluralist democracy? That crucial question provides the theme for this path-breaking collection.

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Author:   Ronald Nettler (Mansfield College, Oxford) ,  David Marquand (Mansfield College, Oxford)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780631221845

ISBN 10:   0631221840
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   09 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Foreward: David Marquand and Ronald L. Nettler (Mansfield College, Oxford). 2. Secularism?: John Keane. 3. Living with Difference in India: Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd Rudolph. 4. Religion and Democracy in Israel: Emanuele Ottolenghi. 5. Islam, Politics and Democracy: Mohamed Talbi and Islamic Modernism: Ronald L. Nettler. 6. Trajectories of Political Islam: Egypt, Iran and Turkey: Sami Zabaida. 7. American Fundamentalism and the Selling of God: Harold Perkin. 8. The Quiet Continent: Religion and Politics in Europe: Colin Crouch. 9. J.N.Figgis, Churches and the State: Paul Hirst. 10. Making the Christian World Safe for Liberalism: from Grotius to Rawls: Timothy Samuel Shah.

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David Marquand is Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford. A member of the editorial board of Political Quarterly, his research interests include political economy, British Government and Politics and the history of the British and European left. Ronald L. Nettler is Fellow and Tutor in Oriental Studies, Mansfield College, Oxford, and Hebrew Centre Lecturer in Oriental Studies, Oxford University. His main interest is in Islamic and Jewish religious thought, medieval and modern.

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