The Politics of Postsecular Religion : : Mourning Secular Futures / / Ananda Abeysekara.
Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religiouspolitical identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
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