Contemporary Democracy and the Sacred: Rights, Religion and Ideology

by Jon Wittrock

Book Overview

Debates on the impact of religious traditions upon secular politics have raged throughout the last century and continue today. Exposing the ambiguity of secularity in political life, Jon Wittrock investigates the contemporary relevance of the scared beyond established religious communities and within wider civic society. In the context of globalization, characterized by the spread of capitalist commodification and new technologies of transportation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350146668
• ISBN13: 9781350146662
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"