Confronting secularism in Europe and India : (Record no. 2996)
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| fixed length control field | 01632nam a2200193Ki 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781474269223 |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Confronting secularism in Europe and India : |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First paperback edition |
| Copyright Date | |
| Name of publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year of publication or production | 2014 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 208 pages ; |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Can secularism continue to provide a foundation for political legitimacy? It is often claimed that one of the cultural achievements of the West has been its establishment of secular democracy, wherein religious belief is respected but confined to the sphere of private belief. In more recent times, however, political secularism has been increasingly called into question. Religious believers, in numerous traditions, have protested against the distortion and confinement that secularism imposes on their faith. Others have become uneasily aware of the way in which secularism no longer commands universal assent in the way it once did. Confronting Secularism in Europe and India adds to this debate by staging a creative encounter between European and Indian conceptions of secularism with a view to continuing new and distinctive trajectories of thought about the place and role of secularism in contemporary times. Looking at political secularism, the relationship between secularism and religion, and religious and secular violence, this book considers whether there are viable alternatives to secularism in Europe and in India"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Secularism |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Secularism |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Religion and politics |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Religion and politics |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Black, Brian, |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hyman, Gavin, |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 02/08/2023 | BL2765.C66 2014 | 0163528 | Books |
| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 02/08/2023 | BL2765.C66 2014 | 0163529 | Books |
| Port Harcourt Study Centre Obiri-Ikwere | Port Harcourt Study Centre Obiri-Ikwere | 07/03/2024 | BL2765.C66 2014 | 0160117 | Books |