Defending the faith: global histories of apologetics and politics in the 20th century

This volume explores the many ways in which conflicts between secular worldviews and religions shaped the history of the twentieth century. It introduces the notion of 'apologetics' to highlight a common feature of these conflicts: both secular and religious groups employed a mixture of le...

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Weitere Verfasser: Weir, Todd H. 1965- (HerausgeberIn), McLeod, Hugh 1944- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2020
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Proceedings of the British Academy 232
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Zusammenfassung:This volume explores the many ways in which conflicts between secular worldviews and religions shaped the history of the twentieth century. It introduces the notion of 'apologetics' to highlight a common feature of these conflicts: both secular and religious groups employed a mixture of learned argument and popular propaganda to defend their faith, but also to come up with new forms of outreach and mission. By bringing the dynamics of religious and secular apologetics into a comparative perspective, and drawing on examples from Western Europe, the USSR, the USA, North Africa and Asia from the 1920s to the present, the volume offers important historical perspectives on current debates over the place of religion in contemporary politics
Beschreibung:x, 308 Seiten
ISBN:9780197266915

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