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Reason, religion, and democracy /
This book also emphasizes the difference between religion and science as means for understanding causal relationships, but it focuses much more heavily on the challenge religious extremism poses for liberal democratic institutions. The treatment contains a discussion of human psychology, describes t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; One: Liberal Democracy; I. Declining Support for Politics and Politicians in Western Democracies; II. Profiles of Two Countries; III. What is Liberal Democracy?; IV. Citizenship and Liberal Democracy; V. Threats to Liberal Democracy; VI. A Clash Between What and What?; VII. Plan of the Book; VIII. A Caveat; Part I: Fundamentals: Evolution, Psychology, Reasoning, and Religion; Two: Evolution, Psychology, and Reason; Three: Religion; Part II: A Historical Look at the State, Democracy, and Religion; Four: The First States
- Five: Athens and RomeSix: The Caliphate; Seven: The Renaissance; Eight: The Enlightenment; Nine: Religion and Democracy After the French Revolution; Epilogue to Part Two; Part III: The Institutions of Liberal Democracy; Ten: Democracy and Citizenship; Eleven: Rights; Twelve: Education, Citizenship, Immigration, and Democracy; Part IV: Challenges to Liberal Democracy; Thirteen: Democracy and Religion; Fourteen: Building and Protecting Liberal Democracy; References; Author Index; Subject Index