Title: Religion, state, and society
Description: This book examines the relationship between religion and the state in a comparative perspective with special attention paid to the Western and Middle-Eastern experiences. It examines the resurgence of fundamentalism not only in developing nations but also in economically affluent post-modern societies. It seeks to elucidate whether the fusion between religion and politics is compatible with tolerance and individual freedom; or whether the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" is necessary to insure the flowering of democracy.
Subjects: Church and state, Religion and politics, Freedom of religion, Church history, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, Church and state, united states, United states, church history, Comparative politics, International relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Process, Political Advocacy, Politics and Government, Säkularismus