The politics of postsecular religion : mourning secular futures /

Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious & mdash;political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Musli...

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Main Author: Abeysekara, Ananda, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Series:Insurrections.
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