John C Caiazza

Religion, Violence, and the Secular State

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Religion, Violence and the Secular State presents an argument in three parts. The conclusion is that with the arrival of violent Islam in the West, that the presence of (traditional) religious influence in the United States needs to be re-emphasized.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781138106925
• ISBN-10: 1138106925
• Artikelnr.: 49151669

Autorenporträt

John C. Caiazza, PhD, a longtime academic administrator and independent scholar, is presently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Rivier University. His general interest is the relationship of scientific ideas to politics and religion. Caiazza lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Jo.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Introduction
1. The Garden Image of Religion
2. General Comments on Religious and Political violence
3. Radical Simplification and the Fate of Violent Islam
4. Contours of the Secular State
5. Theories of Secular Ethics: A Comment and a Brief Survey
6. Techno-secularism is the Ethics of the Secular State
7. The Logic of Propositions and Religious Belief
8. Religious Ethics in the Modern State
Conclusions