Religion, state, and society: Jefferson's wall of separation in comparative perspective

The book examines the relationship between religion and state in a comparative perspective with special attention paid to Western and Middle-Eastern experiences. It examines the resurgence of 'fundamentalism' not only in developing nations but also in economically affluent 'post-modern' societies. INDICE: Preface; A.J.Ob Shaughnessy - Introduction; R.Fatton Jr. & R.K.Ramazani - PART I: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The JEFFERSONIAN WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE - Thomas Jeffersonb s Christian Nation; P.Onuf - Beyond Locke, Beyond Belief: The Nexus of Free Exercise and Separation of Church and State; J.N.Rakove - b Separationb Abroad: How Long the Jeffersonian Shadow?; R.M.O'Neil - The Road From Monticello: The Influence of the American Constitutional Experience in Other Lands; A.E.D.Howard - PART II: THE WALL OF SEPARATION AND WESTERN PERSPECTIVES - Secularism, Liberalism and the Problem of Tolerance; A.B.Seligman - Americab s Secular State and the Unsecular State of Europe; J.T.S.Madeley - Christianity, Violence and Democracy: Socio-historical Selection from a Basic Religious Repertoire; D.Martin - PART III:MIDDLE-EASTERNPERSPECTIVES - Religion and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa; W.B.Quandt - Revisiting Jeffersonb s Wall from a Contemporary Middle Eastern Perspective; A.E.Mayer - Constitutionalizing Islam in the Arab World; N.J.Brown - Religion and State in the State of Israel; D.Goldberg & B.Reich

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61230-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 08/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés