Matthew Scherer

Beyond Church and State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beyond Church and State argues that secularism is a process that transforms the interrelated fields of religion and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9781107026094
• ISBN-10: 1107026091
• Artikelnr.: 36955725

Autorenporträt

Matthew Scherer is Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: beyond the separation of church and state: secularism as conversion
1. The authorized narrative and crystalline structure of conversion in Augustine's Confessions
2. Toleration and conversion in Locke's letters: it is 'above all things necessary to distinguish'
3. The crystalline structure of conversion: Henri Bergson's Two Sources
4. Saint John (Rawls), the miracle of secular reason
5. The wish for a better life: Stanley Cavell's critique of the social contract
Conclusion: from Supernovas into The Deep: secularism as conversion, a conversion of secularism
Index.