Publisher's Synopsis
For the modern West, the relationship between religion and politics has become practically and theoretically problematic.1 Liberalism itself, with its commitments to pluralism and religious toleration, has come to seem a form of groundless faith.2 Modern liberals seek, with great angst and contortion, to accommodate religious outlooks that seek to eradicate modern liberalism.3 Icons of irreligion come to doubt the possibility of a society not grounded in faith