Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 4 December 2008
- ISBN 9780195323405
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 234x156x20 mm
- Weight 680 g
- Language English 0
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Religious pluralism is everywhere in today's politics. Increased immigration flows, the collapse of communism, and the globalization of communications technologies have all fostered a wider variety of religious beliefs, practices, and organizations within and across democratic societies. This is true in both the United States and Europe, where growing and diverse minority communities are transforming the political landscape. As a result, controversies over such things as headscarves and depictions of Mohammed are unsettling a largely secular Europe, while a Christian majority in the US faces familiar questions about church-state relations amidst unprecedented religious diversity. Far from receding into the background, religious language pervades arguments around established issues such as abortion and capital punishment, and new ones such as stem cell research and same-sex marriage. In Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism, leading scholars from multiple disciplines explore these dynamics and their implications for democratic theory and practice. What are the contours of this new religious pluralism? What are its implications for the theory and practice of democracy? Does increasing religious pluralism erode the cultural and social foundations of democracy? To what extent do different religious communities embrace similar -- or at least compatible -- ethical and political commitments? By seeking answers to these questions and revealing religious pluralism as both a source of animosity and a potent force for peaceful engagement, this book offers a revealing look at the future of religion in democratic societies.
A remarkable contribution to the study of religion in the public sphere. . . At its core, the book opens up profound discussions, not so much on the neutrality of the state, but rather on the conditions surrounding the many essential collaborations between states, secular organizations and religious groups.
Table of Contents:
Introduction--Thomas Banchoff
Part 1: Challenges of Religious Pluralism in a Global Era
Causes of Quarrel: What's Special about Religious Disputes?--Kwame Anthony Appiah
On the Possibility of Religious Pluralism--Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Toleration, Proselytizing, and the Politics of Recognition--Jean Bethke Elshtain
The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order--John Witte, Jr.
Part 2: Religious Actors in World Politics
Building Sustainable Peace: The Roles of Local and Transnational Religious Actors--R. Scott Appleby
Religious Actors and Transitional Justice--Leslie Vinjamuri and Aaron P. Boesenecker
Religion and Global Development: Intersecting Paths--Katherine Marshall
Peaceful Movements in the Muslim World--Thomas Michel, S.J.
Trans-state Muslim Movements and Militant Extremists in an Era of Soft Power--John O. Voll
Religious Pluralism and the Politics of a Global Cloning Ban--Thomas Banchoff
US Foreign Policy and Global Religious Pluralism--Elizabeth H. Prodromou
