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Faithful to Secularism : The Religious Politics of Democracy in Ireland, Senegal, and the Philippines.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, Culture, and Public Life SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231542449
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faithful to SecularismDDC classification:
  • 322/.1
LOC classification:
  • BL2747.8 .B83 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Benevolent Secularism: A Theory of the Religious Politics of Democracy -- 2. Secular Emergence in Ireland: Home Rule and Rome Rule? -- 3. Secular Evolution in Ireland: Religion and Post-Catholic Politics -- 4. Secular Emergence in Senegal: Laïcité in Translation -- 5. Secular Evolution in Senegal: Sopi and Institutional Change -- 6. Secular Emergence in the Philippines: Beyond the Malolos Stalemate -- 7. Secular Evolution in the Philippines: People Power and Pluralization -- Conclusion: The Future of Religion and Secular Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley develops the concept of "benevolent secularism" to describe institutions that combine a basic division of religion and state with extensive room for participation of religious actors in public life.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Benevolent Secularism: A Theory of the Religious Politics of Democracy -- 2. Secular Emergence in Ireland: Home Rule and Rome Rule? -- 3. Secular Evolution in Ireland: Religion and Post-Catholic Politics -- 4. Secular Emergence in Senegal: Laïcité in Translation -- 5. Secular Evolution in Senegal: Sopi and Institutional Change -- 6. Secular Emergence in the Philippines: Beyond the Malolos Stalemate -- 7. Secular Evolution in the Philippines: People Power and Pluralization -- Conclusion: The Future of Religion and Secular Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley develops the concept of "benevolent secularism" to describe institutions that combine a basic division of religion and state with extensive room for participation of religious actors in public life.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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