Europe, India, and the limits of secularism /
Even though the crisis of secularism was declared decades ago, it remains unresolved. This book argues that its roots are internal to the liberal model of secularism, which emerged from the religious dynamics of the Protestant Reformation. In Europe and India, this model has gone hand in hand with a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi, India :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Religion and democracy (Series)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Even though the crisis of secularism was declared decades ago, it remains unresolved. This book argues that its roots are internal to the liberal model of secularism, which emerged from the religious dynamics of the Protestant Reformation. In Europe and India, this model has gone hand in hand with an intolerant anticlerical theology that rejects certain traditions as evil political religion. Consequently, liberal secularism often harms local forms of coexistence rather than nourishing them. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199086313 0199086311 |