We God's People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations

ISBN-13: 9781108429290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 200 str.

Jocelyne Cesari

Opis

The politicization of Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism originated with the dual global dissemination of the nation-state alongside the western concept of religion.

Recenzje

'Much has been written on how colonization altered the nature of organized public power on the one hand and the character of organized faith on the other. Yet scholarly work on how precisely it impacted their relationship outside the west is scarce. I can think of no better scholar than Jocelyne Cesari to fill this gap. In this well-researched and insightful book, Cesari argues that as the international system developed in the West expanded forcing other societies to structures their memories, emotions and values in accordance with the 'national framework', it pushed them to adopt the separtionalst paradigm with all the tensions between power and faith it engenders. An important book that is bound to become a landmark in the relationship between the 'west' and the 'non-west' on political secularism.' Rajeev Bhargava, Director of Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Framing the question; 2. State, Islam, Nation, and Patriotism: never ending tensions; 3. The nexus of Secularism and Communalism or Hinduism as a political project; 4. Religion and the transcendent state in China; 5. Orthodoxy: between nation and empire; 6. Patterns of religion-politics interactions; Conclusion; Appendix I; Bibliography; Index.