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This volume focuses on religion from a trans-cultural perspective. Its aim is to suggest new ways of seeing how religions might coexist peacefully within different societies of the 21st century. Can secular culture be the path to convince different religions to endorse a shared ideal of peaceful co-...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This volume focuses on religion from a trans-cultural perspective. Its aim is to suggest new ways of seeing how religions might coexist peacefully within different societies of the 21st century. Can secular culture be the path to convince different religions to endorse a shared ideal of peaceful co-existence? The chapters take into consideration the socio-political implications of religions in Asian, African, Latin-American and European contexts. |
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1 online resource(x,196pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | Div. Abb. |
| ISBN: | 9783110254372（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | BL85 |
| CLC: | B920 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preamble The Reference to God as a Stimulus for Freedom / Table of Contents -- Introduction / The Religious between Self-Referential Religious Communication, Communication on Religion, and Sacralization / Pluralism, Liberalism and Constitutional Patriotism: A Normative Theory from the Indian Constitution / The Formation of the Nation-State, Religious Pluralism, and the Public Sphere in Brazil / The Midwife or the Handmaid? Religion in Political Advertising in Nigeria / Sacrificial Space: The Hebrew Imagination "Comes Home" / Religion under Liberal-Secular Governance: Dialoguing with Muslims in Germany / Concepts of Religion and Their Political Implications / Notes on the Contributors -- Index. |