02997ctm a2200445 i 4500 17459749 20250312110246.0 ta 150206s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 2012036776 9781107026094(hbk) : $72.36 DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc BL2747.8 .S26 2013 322/.1 23 POL010000 bisacsh Scherer, Matthew., 1977- Beyond church and state : [manuscript] : democracy, secularism, and conversion / Matthew Scherer. USA : Cambridge University Press, c2013. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 x, 240 pages ; 24 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction: beyond the separation of church and state: secularism as conversion; 1. The authorized narrative and crystalline structure of conversion in Augustine's Confessions; 2. Toleration and conversion in Locke's letters: it is 'above all things necessary to distinguish'; 3. The crystalline structure of conversion: Henri Bergson's Two Sources; 4. Saint John (Rawls), the miracle of secular reason; 5. The wish for a better life: Stanley Cavell's critique of the social contract; Conclusion: 6. From Supernovas into The Deep: secularism as conversion, a conversion of secularism "Secularism is often imagined in Thomas Jefferson's words as 'a wall of separation between Church and State'. This book moves past that standard picture to argue that secularism is a process that reshapes both religion and politics. Borrowing a term from religious traditions, the book goes further to argue that this process should be understood as a process of conversion. Matthew Scherer studies Saint Augustine, John Locke, John Rawls, Henri Bergson and Stanley Cavell to present a more accurate picture of what secularism is, what it does, and how it can be reimagined to be more conducive to genuine democracy"-- Provided by publisher. Secularism. Religion and politics. Political Science / History & Theory. bisacsh Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036776-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036776-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036776-t.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK rc06 2012-10-25 to Dewey (telework) rd05 2012-10-25 rk06 2013-11-13 to BCCD 9 1864 1864 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 322.1 Sch 2013 12013 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK