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Bounded divinities : sacred discourses in pluralist democracies / Fred M. Frohock.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frohock, Fred M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics.
- Democracy--Religious aspects.
- Democracy.
- Religious pluralism--Political aspects.
- Religious pluralism.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 256 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- This book serves as a handbook that guides us through the thickets of the sacred and the secular, religion and politics by charting the supernatural as a natural and defining feature of religion. Santerí a is used as a case study to illustrate the intersections and differences among religious and political practices--and the methods that are effective in managing religious disputes.
- Contents:
- Divine ordinances
- Words and things : religious and political domains
- Sacred texts
- True colors : public and deliberative reasoning
- Infinite regresses, recursions, and public reason
- Modeling public reason : political liberalism and realpolitik
- Political and religious practices : a case study continued.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403975388
- OCLC:
- 63245652
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403975386
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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