Decentering discussions on religion and state : emerging narratives, challenging perspectives / edited by Sargon George Donabed and Autumn Quezada-Grant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donabed, Sargon George, editor.

Quezada-Grant, Autumn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This volume offers readers new openings through which to understand critical but overlooked ideas about religion</span><span>-</span><span>state relations. It decenters discussions away from national narratives allowing for emerging voices at the individual and community levels, highlighting interactions of people with the state over questions about religion.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Philosophy, Sectarianism, and Development and Questioning the Status Quo in the United States; Chapter One: The Sectarian Friend; Chapter Two: "Their Supervision Was Temporal Not Ecclesiastical"; Chapter Three: "It Forbids You the Right to Do Right"; Chapter Four: "Soul Libertie" versus the Sons and Daughters of Eire; Chapter Five: Altering Landscapes; Chapter Six: Stories the State Tells Itself; Chapter Seven: Tempest in a Teacup; Chapter Eight: Fighting the Winds of Change

Part II: Twentieth-Century Reflections: Theory, Global Narratives, and New AgencyChapter Nine: Silence and the City; Chapter Ten: Visions of Al-Quds; Chapter Eleven: Confronting the "Normative Abyss"; Chapter Twelve: Political Functions of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States (1945-1991); Chapter Thirteen: Sacred Confronts Profane; Chapter Fourteen: Church-State Relations in the "New Egypt"; Chapter Fifteen: State-Sponsored Religion as Impediment to Assimilation and Immigration; Chapter Sixteen: Preventing Religious Genocide; Index; About the Editors

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

908076223