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Secularism and state policies toward religion : the United States, France, and Turkey,/ Ahmet T. Kuru.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politicsPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: xvii, 313 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521517805 (hbk)
  • 052151780X (hbk)
  • 9780521741347
  • 0521741343
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL65.S8 K87 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Analyzing secularism : history, ideology, and policy -- Part I: The United States -- Passive secularism and the Christian Right's challenge (1981-2008) -- Religious diversity and the evolution of passive secularism (1776-1981) -- Part II: France -- Assertive secularism and the multiculturalist challenge (1989-2008) -- The war of two Frances and the rise of assertive secularism (1789-1989) -- Part III: Turkey -- Assertive secularism and the Islamic challenge (1997-2008) -- Westernization and the emergence of assertive secularism (1826-1997).
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة BL65.S8 K87 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000000446
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة BL65.S8 K87 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 30010000000445
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-305) and index.

Introduction -- Analyzing secularism : history, ideology, and policy -- Part I: The United States -- Passive secularism and the Christian Right's challenge (1981-2008) -- Religious diversity and the evolution of passive secularism (1776-1981) -- Part II: France -- Assertive secularism and the multiculturalist challenge (1989-2008) -- The war of two Frances and the rise of assertive secularism (1789-1989) -- Part III: Turkey -- Assertive secularism and the Islamic challenge (1997-2008) -- Westernization and the emergence of assertive secularism (1826-1997).

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