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Defending the Faith

Defending the Faith Global Histories of Apologetics and Politics in the 20th Century - Proceedings of the British Academy

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780197266915
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: The British Academy
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 201.72
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 658g
Height: 164mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 28mm