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Religions in the Public Spheres

by Tadeusz Buksiński (Author)
©2012 Edited Collection 514 Pages
Series: Dia-Logos, Volume 14

Summary

The book contains articles of philosophers, theologians, and sociologists from 20 countries in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia. They describe the status of religions in different cultures and states and formulate the norms and conditions of the presence of religion in public spheres from different perspectives. There has been religious revival and a worldwide process of subjectivization and immanentization of the traditional institutional religions. This book raises questions that are particularly significant to the present-day social, cultural and political practice in a global dimension. It is intended as a companion volume for all those who combine their academic research with wider interests in the promotion of freedom and tolerance.

Details

Pages
514
Publication Year
2012
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631630815
Language
English
Keywords
Orthodox religon Moslem Confucianism Hinduism Christianity
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2011. 512 pp., num fig., tables and graphs

Biographical notes

Tadeusz Buksiński (Author)

Tadeusz Buksiński holds the chair of Social and Political Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and is Head of the Department of Philosophy. He has published several books and numerous articles on democracy in Western and Post-communist countries, morality in Post-communist countries, and the philosophy of history.

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