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Beyond Church and State : Democracy, Secularism, and Conversion.

Beyond Church and State argues that secularism is a process that transforms the interrelated fields of religion and politics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scherer, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Religion, politics, and democracy
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction Beyond the Separation of Church and State; The Problem of Modern Secularism; The Figure of Conversion; The Structure of the Book; 1 Authorized Narrative and Crystalline Structure; Conversion, Narrative, and Secularism: A Secular Age as Conversion Narrative; The Smooth Surface and Authorized Narrative of Augustines Conversion; The Rough Texture and Crystalline Structure of Augustines Conversion; The Authorized Narrative and Crystalline Structure of Modern Secularism; 2 Toleration and Conversion in Lockes Letters.
  • A Process of Crystalline Conversion in Lockes Letter Concerning TolerationConclusion; 3 The Crystalline Structure of Conversion; Bergson and "Bergsonism"; Crystalline Structures; Two Sources
  • No One Source: Bergsons Crystalline Conversion; Conclusions: "A Machine for the Making of Gods"; 4 Saint John (Rawls); Miracles Wrought by Gods Hand and by the Touch of a Saint; The Fascination of Saints; The Meaning of Suffering, Sin, and Sainthood; 5 The Wish for a Better Life; Reading, Writing, and Argument: A First Approach at Conversion.
  • Cavell on Rawls and A Theory of Justice
  • a First Look at the Social ContractCavell on Lockes Second Treatise
  • a Conversion of the Social Contract; Conclusion From Supernovas into The Deep; Secularisms Authorized and Crystalline Forms; Secularisms Possible Futures: Authorized and Crystalline Forms; The Conversion of Secularism; Index.