Secular Conversions: Political Institutions and Religious Education in the United States and Australia, 1800-2000

ISBN-13: 9781107503236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 298 str.

Damon Mayrl

Opis

This book reveals how taken-for-granted political structures have shaped the fate of religion in Australian and American public life.

Recenzje

'… a significant contribution to the study of comparative state-religion relations. Its robust theoretical foundation makes the book relevant for researchers and graduate courses. Mayrl's engaging empirical content and accessible style make it appropriate for the policy community and undergraduate students as well.' Ramazan Kılınç, Sociology of Religion

Spis treści

List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; List of acronyms; Introduction; 1. Politics, institutions, and secularization; Part I. Forging the Nineteenth-Century Settlement, 1800–80: 2. State-building and secularization in comparative perspective; Part II. The Nineteenth-Century Settlement in Transition, 1880–1945: Preface to Part II; 3. Slow secularization in the permeable American state; 4. Settlement stability in the insulated Australian state; Part III. Forging the Twentieth-Century Settlement, 1945–2000: Preface to Part III; 5. Secularization and the courts in postwar America; 6. Desecularization and electoral institutions in postwar Australia; Part IV. Implications: 7. Conclusion; Epilogue. Toward a twenty-first century settlement?; Index.