Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric: The Road to Compromise

by K. Fry

Overview

This book covers arguments made by various sides of the political-religious divide from the past 30 years, showing what the actual differences are between these groups. By stressing the typically ignored similarities, the book better informs partisans and the public to move debate forward.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349488513
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/05/2014
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Karin Fry is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, USA. She is the author of Arendt: A Guide for the Perplexed (2009). Her research interests include continental philosophy, social and political philosophy, and public philosophy.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Christian Conservatives and the War against Secular Humanism 2. The Secular Left: 'Reason,' Religion, and the Threat of Theocracy 3. The Common Origins of the Right and the Left on Church and State

Editorial Reviews

Fry offers a cohesive example of how a certain sort of very powerful and pervasive rhetoric works, and for the educated lay audience it will certainly prove a useful book in describing one of the most impactful forms of political speech today.” (Leslie Dorrough Smith, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 57, Autumn, 2015)

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