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Faith in the public realm : controversies, policies and practices / edited by Adam Dinham, Robert Furbey, Vivien Lowndes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bristol : Policy, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781847424426
  • 1847424422
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faith in the public realm.DDC classification:
  • 201.72 22
LOC classification:
  • BL65.S8 D56 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.05
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Contents:
Faith in the public realm; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Faith and the public realm; 2. Controversies of 'public faith'; 3. 'Soft' segregation: Muslim identity, British secularism and inequality; 4. How participation changes things:'inter-faith', 'multi-faith' and a new public imaginary; 5. Faith, multiculturalism and community cohesion:a policy conversation; 6. Blurred encounters? Religious literacy, spiritual capital and language; 7. Religion, political participation and civic engagement: women's experiences.
Summary: Faith in the public realm takes an explicitly multi-faith perspective, exploring the controversies, policies and practices of 'public faith'. It questions perceptions of a fixed divide between religious and secular participants in public life and challenges prevailing concepts of a monolithic 'neutral' public realm.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)285734

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Faith in the public realm; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Faith and the public realm; 2. Controversies of 'public faith'; 3. 'Soft' segregation: Muslim identity, British secularism and inequality; 4. How participation changes things:'inter-faith', 'multi-faith' and a new public imaginary; 5. Faith, multiculturalism and community cohesion:a policy conversation; 6. Blurred encounters? Religious literacy, spiritual capital and language; 7. Religion, political participation and civic engagement: women's experiences.

Faith in the public realm takes an explicitly multi-faith perspective, exploring the controversies, policies and practices of 'public faith'. It questions perceptions of a fixed divide between religious and secular participants in public life and challenges prevailing concepts of a monolithic 'neutral' public realm.

Print version record.