A secular age beyond the West religion, law and the State in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa

This book traces religion and secularity in eleven countries not shaped by Western Christianity (Japan, China, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, and Morocco), and how they parallel or diverge from Charles Taylor's grand narrative of the North Atlantic world, '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Künkler, Mirjam, 1977- editor (editor), Madeley, John, editor, Shankar, Shylashri, 1967- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press 2018.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book traces religion and secularity in eleven countries not shaped by Western Christianity (Japan, China, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, and Morocco), and how they parallel or diverge from Charles Taylor's grand narrative of the North Atlantic world, 'A secular age' (2007). In all eleven cases, the state - enhanced by post-colonial and post-imperial legacies - highly determines religious experience, by variably regulating religious belief, practice, property, education, and/or law. Taylor's core condition of secularity - namely, legal permissibility and social acceptance of open religious unbelief (Secularity III) - is largely absent in these societies. The areas affected by state regulation, however, differ greatly. In India, Israel and most Muslim countries, questions of religious law are central to state regulation. But it is religious education and organization in China and church property and public practice in Russia that bear the brunt. This book explains these differences using the concept of 'differential burdening'.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9781108278195