Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and PracticesDinham, Adam, Furbey, Robert, Vivien Lowndes 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. |
Contents
two Controversies of public faith | 21 |
Muslim identity British secularism | 41 |
Tables | 43 |
interfaith multifaith | 63 |
883 | 83 |
six Blurred encounters? Religious literacy spiritual | 105 |
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