Europe, India, and the limits of secularism
Roover, Jakob deAuthor
Even though the crisis of secularism was declared decades ago, it remains unresolved. This book argues that its roots are internal to the liberal model of secularism, which emerged from the religious dynamics of the Protestant Reformation. In Europe and India, this model has gone hand in hand with an intolerant anticlerical theology that rejects certain traditions as evil political religion. Consequently, liberal secularism often harms local forms of coexistence rather than nourishing them.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Even though the crisis of secularism was declared decades ago, it remains unresolved. This book argues that its roots are internal to the liberal model of secularism, which emerged from the religious dynamics of the Protestant Reformation. In Europe and India, this model has gone hand in hand with an intolerant anticlerical theology that rejects certain traditions as evil political religion. Consequently, liberal secularism often harms local forms of coexistence rather than nourishing them.
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Limits of liberal secularism -- Stories of liberal secularism -- The political theology of the two kingdoms -- Liberty, tyranny, and the divine order -- The enlightenment and the secular -- Religious toleration in British India -- Straitjackets of secularism.
Secularism
Secularism
Religious tolerance
Religious tolerance
Religion and politics
Government - Asia
Government - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government