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Democracy and the new religious pluralism /

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Leading scholars - including Peter Berger, John Esposito, Robert Wuthnow, Martha Nussbaum, Diana Eck, Stanley Hauerwas, and Miroslav Volf - examine the new religious pluralism and the challenges it poses for democratic societies on both sides of the Atlantic.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Banchoff, Thomas F., 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
Subjects:
Democracy > Religious aspects > Congresses.
Religious pluralism > Political aspects > Congresses.
Démocratie > Aspect religieux > Congrès.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
Democracy > Religious aspects
Religiöser Pluralismus
Demokratie
Westliche Welt
Democracy > Religious aspects.
Religious pluralism > Political aspects.
Demokrati > religiösa aspekter.
Religiös pluralism > politiska aspekter.
Washington <2005>
Electronic books.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Thomas Banchoff
  • Pluralism, Protestantization, and the voluntary principle / Peter L. Berger
  • Uneven secularization in the United States and western Europe / Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart
  • Immigration and the new religious pluralism: a European Union/United States comparison / José Casanova
  • Transnational struggle for Jewish pluralism / Yossi Shain
  • Politicians' perceptions of the "Muslim problem": the Dutch example in European context / Sam Cherribi
  • America's Muslims: issues of identity, religious diversity, and pluralism / John L. Esposito
  • Religious diversity in a "Christian nation": American identity and American democracy / Robert Wuthnow
  • Radical evil in liberal democracies: the neglect of the political emotions / Martha C. Nussbaum
  • Islam and the republic: the French case / Danièle Hervieu-Léger
  • Pluralism, tolerance, and democracy: theory and practice in Europe / Grace Davie
  • American religious pluralism: civic and theological discourse / Diana L. Eck
  • Voice of one's own: public faith in a pluralistic world / Miroslav Volf
  • End of religious pluralism: a tribute to David Burrell / Stanley Hauerwas
  • Stem cell politics, religious and secular: the United States and France compared / Thomas Banchoff.