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Secularism is often imagined in Thomas Jefferson's words as 'a wall of separation between Church and State'. This book moves past that standard picture to argue that secularism is a process that reshapes both religion and politics. Borrowing a term from religious traditions, the book goes further to argue that this process should be understood as a process of conversion. Matthew Scherer studies Saint Augustine, John Locke, John Rawls, Henri Bergson and Stanley Cavell to present a more accurate picture of what secularism is, what it does, and how it can be reimagined to be more conducive to genuine democracy.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Beyond Church and State
• Author: Scherer, Matthew (George Mason University, Virginia)
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781107026094
• ISBN: 1107026091
• ID: 01260949
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 464 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 158 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. March 2013

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