Secularism And State Policies Toward Religion
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Author | : Ahmet T. Kuru |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2009-04-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 052151780X |
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Comparing policy in America, France, and Turkey, this book analyzes the impact of ideological struggles on public policies toward religion.
Author | : Ahmet T. Kuru |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2009-04-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1139477633 |
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Why do secular states pursue different policies toward religion? This book provides a generalizable argument about the impact of ideological struggles on the public policy making process, as well as a state-religion regimes index of 197 countries. More specifically, it analyzes why American state policies are largely tolerant of religion, whereas French and Turkish policies generally prohibit its public visibility, as seen in their bans on Muslim headscarves. In the United States, the dominant ideology is 'passive secularism', which requires the state to play a passive role, by allowing public visibility of religion. Dominant ideology in France and Turkey is 'assertive secularism', which demands that the state play an assertive role in excluding religion from the public sphere. Passive and assertive secularism became dominant in these cases through certain historical processes, particularly the presence or absence of an ancien régime based on the marriage between monarchy and hegemonic religion during state-building periods.
Author | : Russell Blackford |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2012-02-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0470674032 |
Download Freedom of Religion and the Secular State Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day. Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers a comprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject of religious freedom from a legal as well as historical and philosophical viewpoint. It makes an original contribution to current debates about freedom of religion, and addresses a whole range of hot-button issues that involve the relationship between religion and the state, including the teaching of evolution in schools, what to do about the burqa, and so on.
Author | : Jonathan Fox |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2015-04-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1107076749 |
Download Political Secularism, Religion, and the State Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book examines how the competition between religious and secular forces influenced state religion policy between 1990 and 2008. While both sides were active, the religious side had considerably more success. The book examines how states supported religion as well as how they restricted it.
Author | : Jeroen Temperman |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2010-05-17 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9004181490 |
Download State–Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book presents a human rights-based assessment of the various modes of state–religion identification and of the various forms of state practice that surround and characterize these different state–religion models. This book makes a case for the recognition of a state duty to remain impartial with respect to religion or belief in all regards so as to comply with people’s fundamental right to be governed, at all times, in a religiously neutral manner.
Author | : Catherine Wanner |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2013-02-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780199937639 |
Download State Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
State Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is a collection of essays written by a broad cross-section of scholars from around the world that explores the myriad forms religious expression and religious practice took in Soviet society in conjunction with the Soviet government's commitment to secularization.
Author | : Sumantra Bose |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2018-05-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108472036 |
Download Secular States, Religious Politics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Presents a comparative study of two major attempts to build secular states - India and Turkey - in the non-Western world
Author | : Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2010-03-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0674033760 |
Download Islam and the Secular State Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What should be the place of Shari‘a—Islamic religious law—in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari‘a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. An-Na‘im argues that the coercive enforcement of Shari‘a by the state betrays the Qur’an’s insistence on voluntary acceptance of Islam. Just as the state should be secure from the misuse of religious authority, Shari‘a should be freed from the control of the state. State policies or legislation must be based on civic reasons accessible to citizens of all religions. Showing that throughout the history of Islam, Islam and the state have normally been separate, An-Na‘im maintains that ideas of human rights and citizenship are more consistent with Islamic principles than with claims of a supposedly Islamic state to enforce Shari‘a. In fact, he suggests, the very idea of an “Islamic state” is based on European ideas of state and law, and not Shari‘a or the Islamic tradition. Bold, pragmatic, and deeply rooted in Islamic history and theology, Islam and the Secular State offers a workable future for the place of Shari‘a in Muslim societies.
Author | : David T. Buckley |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2017-03-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0231542445 |
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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, religious actors coexist with, and even help to preserve, democracy. In Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley argues that political institutions that encourage an active role for public religion are a key part in explaining this variation. He 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. He traces the impact of benevolent secularism on religious and secular elites, both at critical junctures in state formation and as politics evolves over time. Buckley shows how religious and secular actors build credibility and shared norms over time, and explains how such coalitions can endure challenges from both religious revivals and periods of anticlericalism. Faithful to Secularism tests this institutional theory in Ireland, Senegal, and the Philippines, using a blend of archival, interview, and public opinion data. These case studies illustrate how even countries with an active religious majority can become and remain faithful to secularism.
Author | : David Westerlund |
Publisher | : C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781850652410 |
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Should the state be secular or religious. Here the author seeks to determine the extent of the role of religion in political life.