Secularism on the Edge [electronic resource] : Rethinking Church-State Relations in the United States, France, and Israel /
Berlinerblau, J.editor.
Fainberg, S.editor.
Nou, A.editor.
In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Secularism and Its Confusions; PART I Contemporary Challenges to American Secularism; CHAPTER ONE America: A Christian Nation or a Secular Nation?; CHAPTER TWO The Vitality of Soft Secularism in the United States and the Challenge Posed by the Growth of the Nones; CHAPTER THREE Secular America: Nones, Atheists, and the Unaffiliated; CHAPTER FOUR The Dangers of Conflating Secular People and Secularism: A Response to Fea, Kosmin, Zuckerman, and Berlinerblau
PART II Laïcité in a Multicultural FranceCHAPTER FIVE French Laïcité: What Does It Stand for?; CHAPTER SIX Laïcité and the Idea of the Republic: The Principles of Universal Emancipation; CHAPTER SEVEN Laïcité and Freedom of Conscience in Pluricultural France; CHAPTER EIGHT Postwar French Jewry Facing Laïcité in a Multicultural France; CHAPTER NINE Is Laïcité Lost in Translation?; PART III Hiloniyut: Israel and the Challenge of Ultra-Orthodoxy; CHAPTER TEN Ben-Gurion's Status Quo and Moving the Frontlines Between Hilonim (Secularists) and Datiim (Religious)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Israel's "Religious Secularism"CHAPTER TWELVE Israel's Self-Restrained Secularism from the 1947 Status Quo Letter to the Present; CHAPTER THIRTEEN "Everything Is Jewish"; PART IV Women and Secularism: Problems and Possibilities; CHAPTER FOURTEEN In the Eyes of Patriarchal Religion, All Women Are Secular: Gender in Religion and Secularism; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Freedom of Choice: Women and Demography in Israel, France, and the United States; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Secular Portraits and Religious Shadows: An Empirical Study of Religious Women in France
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN "Everything Is Water": On Being Baptized in SecularismConclusion: Scooting Away from the Edge; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law.
Religion and sociology.
Political sociology.
Religion—History.
Religions.
Political science.
Sociology of Religion.
Political Sociology.
History of Religion.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Comparative Religion.
Political Science.