Race and Secularism in America

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Race and Secularism in America

Author	: Jonathon S. Kahn
File Size	: 52,5 Mb
Publisher	: Columbia University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 March 2016
ISBN	: 9780231541275
Pages	: 286 pages

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Race and Secularism in America by Jonathon S. Kahn Book PDF Summary

This anthology draws bold comparisons between secularist strategies to contain, privatize, and discipline religion and the treatment of racialized subjects by the American state. Specializing in history, literature, anthropology, theology, religious studies, and political theory, contributors expose secularism's prohibitive practices in all facets of American society and suggest opportunities for change.

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