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Faithful to secularism : the religious politics of democracy in Ireland, Senegal and the Philippines /

Religion and democracy can make tense bedfellows. Secular elites may view religious movements as conflict-prone and incapable of compromise, while religious actors may fear that anticlericalism will drive religion from public life. Yet such tensions are not inevitable: from Asia to Latin America, re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Buckley, David T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
Series:Religion, culture, and public life.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Benevolent secularism : a theory of the religious politics of democracy
  • Secular emergence in Ireland : Home Rule and Rome Rule?
  • Secular evolution in Ireland : religion and post-Catholic politics
  • Secular emergence in Senegal : Laïcité in translation
  • Secular evolution in Senegal : Sopi and institutional change
  • Secular emergence in the Philippines : beyond the Malolos stalement
  • Secular evolution in the Philippines : people power and pluralization
  • Conclusion : the future of religion and secular democracy.