1st Edition
The Secular and the Sacred Nation, Religion and Politics
Edited By William Safran
Copyright 2002
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is the place of religion in modern political systems? This volume addresses that question by focusing on ten countries across several geographic areas: Western and East-Central Europe, North America, the Middle East and South Asia. These countries are comparable in the sense that they are committed to constitutional rule, have embraced a more or less secular culture, and have formal... Read more
Religion and politics in American democracy, Horst Mewes; religion and politics in the United States, Corwin Smidt, Lyman Kellstedt, John Green, James Guth; religion and Laiecite in a Jacobin republic - the case of France, William Safran; the significance of religion in British politics, Josephine E. Squires; religion, national identity and the conflict in Northern Ireland, Adrian Guelke; chutch and state after transition to democracy - the case of Spain, Victor Urrutia Abaigar; Poland's transition to a democratic republic - the taming of the sacred?, Ray Taras; Greece - a problematic secular state, Adamantia Pollis; religion and collective identity - the ethnopolitical barriers to democratization in the Balkans, Steven Majstorovic; religion, politics and democracy in Turkey, Joseph S. Szyliowicz; religion and state in Israel - another round of an ancient conflict among the Jews, Ira Sharkansky; secularism in India - accepted principle, contentious interpretation, Swarna Rajagopalan.
Biography
William Safran
'Safran's volume succeeds marvellously at documenting the role that religion continues to play in modern democracies ... [it] stands as an example of the high standards to which all scholarly books should aspire.' - Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
