State policies toward religion
Subtitle: France, Turkey, and the United States
By: Ahmet T. Kuru.
Series: Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780521517805; 9780521741347
Subjects: Religion and state; Religion and state -- United States; Religion and state -- France; Religion and state -- Turkey
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Analyzing secularism : history, ideology, and policy; title: Part I: The United States; title: Passive secularism and the Christian Right's challenge (1981-2008); title: Religious diversity and the evolution of passive secularism (1776-1981); title: Part II: France; title: Assertive secularism and the multiculturalist challenge (1989-2008); title: The war of two Frances and the rise of assertive secularism (1789-1989); title: Part III: Turkey; title: Assertive secularism and the Islamic challenge (1997-2008); title: Westernization and the emergence of assertive secularism (1826-1997).