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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1. VerfasserIn: De Roover, Jakob (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016
In:Jahr: 2016
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Religion and democracy
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Europa / Säkularismus / Religion / Toleranz / Indien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Religion and politics ; India
B Religious Tolerance (India)
B Secularism India
B Religious Tolerance Europe
B Religious tolerance ; India
B Religion And Politics (India)
B Secularism ; Europe
B Secularism (India)
B Secularism (Europe)
B Religious Tolerance India
B Religious tolerance ; Europe
B Secularism ; India
B Religious Tolerance (Europe)
B Religion And Politics India
B Secularism Europe
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:978-0-19-908631-3
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199460977.001.0001