Beyond religious right and secular left rhetoric
Subtitle: the road to compromise
By: Karin Fry
Series: Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781137409140
Subjects: Political culture; Right and left (Political science); Religion and politics; Church and state; Secularism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
Description: "Many of America's political debates stem from media-constructed opposition between the religious right and secular left. However, the contentious dialogue between two seemingly-contrasting camps is based upon assumptions and stereotypes, rather than facts: the Christian right misrepresents the left as a movement inspired by moral relativism, while the left erroneously frames the Christian right as theocratically-driven. Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric uncovers the actual differences between these groups, examining how both movements have similar conceptual histories. By stressing their oft-ignored similarities (promotion of religious freedom, freedom of conscience, and separation of church and state), the book seeks to better inform partisans and the public at-large in order to move the debate beyond assumptions"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction 1. Christian Conservatives and the War against Secular Humanism 2. The Secular Left: 'Reason,' Religion, and the Threat of Theocracy 3. The Common Origins of the Right and the Left on Church and State.