Secular Surge
Secular Surge

Author: David E. Campbell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-12-03

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1108918344

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American society is rapidly secularizing–a radical departure from its historically high level of religiosity–and politics is a big part of the reason. Just as, forty years ago, the Religious Right arose as a new political movement, today secularism is gaining traction as a distinct and politically energized identity. This book examines the political causes and political consequences of this secular surge, drawing on a wealth of original data. The authors show that secular identity is in part a reaction to the Religious Right. However, while the political impact of secularism is profound, there may not yet be a Secular Left to counterbalance the Religious Right. Secularism has introduced new tensions within the Democratic Party while adding oxygen to political polarization between Democrats and Republicans. Still there may be opportunities to reach common ground if politicians seek to forge coalitions that encompass both secular and religious Americans.

Americas Secular Challenge
Americas Secular Challenge

Author: Herbert London

Publisher: Encounter Books

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1594032777

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In this timely and wide-ranging book, one of America's leading public intellectuals explores the rise of radical secular humanism as a religious experience. London shows that while secular humanism has it's saints, sinners, and even its quasi-religious rituals, it is too anemic and self-centered a philosophy of life to serve America and the West in its battle against the threat of radical Islam.

American Theocracy
American Theocracy

Author: Kevin Phillips

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-03-21

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 1101218843

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An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that rule—and imperil—the United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majority’s rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the current age of global overreach, fundamentalist religion, diminishing resources, and ballooning debt under the GOP majority. With an eye to the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips confirms what too many Americans are still unwilling to admit about the depth of our misgovernment.

The Radical Bourgeoisie
The Radical Bourgeoisie

Author: Katherine Auspitz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-04

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521526869

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A reassessment of the role of French Radicals as thinkers and politicians.

Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans

Author: Joe Freeman

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-12

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781456805579

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In 2009 when i started writing Radical Republican (Tea Party)i was really angry with white Americans identifying themselves with the Tea Party movement because of the dispictable way they were protraying the president of the United States. What this book contains are the predictions i knew would happen if the present day Republican party gain control of eaither house of the Congress. What i predicted would happen is playing out in the U.S. House of Represenatives with the obstructive behavior of Republican represenatives. In addition Republican controlled states are developing laws that a detrimental to the well being of its citizens. based on the events and statement made by Republican politician since Barack Obama took office, I believe Republicans are trying to create a one party ruled country simliar to middle third world countries where the rich determine how low and middle income citizens live

Empire and Progress in the Victorian Secularist Movement
Empire and Progress in the Victorian Secularist Movement

Author: Patrick J. Corbeil

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-12-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 3030852024

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This book is the first extensive historical analysis of the relationship between empire and the Victorian secularist movement. Historians have paid little attention to the role of empire in the development of organized free thought. Secularism as it developed in Britain and its settler colonies was an overtly outward-looking, global ideology in a period marked by the rise of scientific rationalism and belief in the logic of a European civilizing mission. Recent scholarship has focused on how the empire influenced British and American atheists on the question of race. What is missing is an in-depth examination of the formation of secularist ideas about universal progress, ethics, and secular morality. Through an examination of the secularist periodical and pamphlet press, this book argues that the religious diversity of the British Empire helped to shape the ethical worldview of the secularists, providing ammunition for their critiques of Christian morality and the church and justification for their policy reform proposals both in Britain and the colonies.

When Politics Meets Religion
When Politics Meets Religion

Author: Marko Veković

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-05

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1040102190

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When Politics Meets Religion presents a fresh exploration of the relationship between religion and politics worldwide. The volume includes topics covering Europe, such as the European far right, the contours of "European identity", and how religious cleavages affect value orientation of Europeans. It also covers country-focused issues and events, such as the influence of Orthodox Christianity in Russia, Christian nationalism in the United States, the influence of religion on Turkish foreign policy, the political role of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Chinese attitudes towards religious deprivatization, and how liberation theology found its way from Latin America to the Holy Land. The volume is supplemented with several analyses on the intersection between law, society, and religion. It deals with religious mediation and political conflicts, how the current religious governance in France affects the Orthodox Jewish community, as well as how taxing the church’s economic activities can be a contributor to the common good, and why Muslims should treat Sharia law as only a moral code in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Through rigorous research, case studies, and critical analysis, this volume explains how religion and politics mix in different settings, and why it is important for us to study this complex relationship. The volume will appeal to scholars and graduate students of political science and religious studies, as well as interested professionals working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or governments.