Religion & State, Peace Studies, Religion - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
American political life has long honored the separation of church and state as the best way to protect religion from control by the state, and the state from control by religion. Yet religion has been a critical resource for the moral foundations without which the state crumbles. This same paradox is reflected in the relation between religion and peace. Religion has probably been the single most significant cause of warfare in human history and, at the same time, the single most significant force for peace. The essays in Religion, Politics, and Peace will not untangle the paradox, even though they recognize it. For the most part, they are concerned to explore ways in which religion has both enhanced political life and served the cause of peace.Editorials
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Continues the annual series with a selection of 10 essays from the past year's lecture program and invited papers of the Boston University Institute. They grapple with the paradoxes that US politics and religion are tightly intertwined despite the official policy of separation of church and state, and that religion is the leading cause of both war and the stopping of war worldwide. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780268016654