Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order /

Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order / / ed. by J. Owen, John Owen IV.

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Largely due to the cultural and political shift of the Enlightenment, Western societies in the eighteenth century emerged from sectarian conflict and embraced a more religiously moderate path. In nine original essays, leading scholars ask whether exporting the Enlightenment solution is possible—or e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Elshtain, Jean Bethke,
Galston, William A.,
Hashmi, Sohail H.,
Mehta, Pratap Bhanu,
Novak, David,
Owen, J. Judd,
Owen, John M.,
Pangle, Thomas L.,
Papini, Roberto,
Sachedina, Abdulaziz,
Witte, John,
HerausgeberIn:
Owen IV, John,
Owen, J.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Columbia Series on Religion and Politics
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • I. The Enlightenment Revisited
  • 1. Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order
  • 2. Religious Violence or Religious Pluralism
  • 3. Religion, Enlightenment, and a Common Good
  • 4. How and Why the West Has Lost Confidence in Its Foundational Political Principles
  • II. The Enlightenment, Secularity, and the Religions
  • 5. The Enlightenment Project, Spinoza, and the Jews
  • 6. Puritan Sources of Enlightenment Liberty
  • 7. India
  • 8. Reason and Revelation in Islamic Political Ethics
  • 9. Islam, Constitutionalism, and Liberal Democracy
  • 10. Religion and Politics
  • 11. Concluding Thoughts
  • Contributors
  • Index

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