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Religion and Civil Society: Rethinking Public Religion in the Contemporary World

Religion and Civil Society: Rethinking Public Religion in the Contemporary World

Hardcover

Series: Religion, Culture and Society

Religion General General Sociology

ISBN10: 0754613321
ISBN13: 9780754613329
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 16 2003
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.42
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Offering a fresh interdisciplinary approach to understanding religion in contemporary societies, this book provides an invaluable resource for students and researchers in religious studies, sociology, politics and political philosophy, theology, international relations and legal studies. Part one presents a critical introduction to the interaction between religion, modernization and postmodernization in Western and non-Western settings (America, Europe, the Middle East and India), focussing on discourses of human rights, civil society and the public sphere, and the controversial question of their cross-cultural application. Part two examines religion and civil society through case studies of Egypt, Bosnia and Muslim minorities in Britain, and compares Poland as an example of a Christian majority society that has experienced the public reassertion of religion.

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