Religion, Federalism, and the Struggle for Public Life Cases from Germany, India, and America

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ISBN: 9780195103748 | 0195103742
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Copyright: 11/27/1997

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Through a comparative study of India, Germany, and the U.S., Everettexamines the roles of religious traditions in the development of modern federalrepublicanism. He argues that a better comparative grasp of political andreligious dynamics is essential to our understanding of the establishment,sustenance, and development of federal republican governance in both Western andnon-Western cultures.

Introduction

(7)

The Religious Cradle of Federal Republicanism

(2)

The Frame of Inquiry

(1)

The Plan of the Book

(2)

ONE Envisioning the Engagement

(18)

Religion and Federal Republicanism

(9)

The Concept of Covenantal Publicity

(2)

Religion and Political Order in Sociological Perspective

(4)

Summary

(2)

TWO The Churches and Germany's "Peaceful Revolution" of 1989-90

(35)

Key Historical Considerations

(7)

The Church in the Revolution of 1989-90

(18)

Key Issues in the German Experience

(6)

Trust and Reconciliation in a Covenantal Public

(2)

Covenantal Publicity and the Partial Revolution

(2)

THREE Religious Organization and Constitutional Justice in India

(42)

The Ancient Matrix of Religion and Governance

(5)

The "Historic" Religions: Islam and Christianity

(5)

The Drive for Independence and Constitutional Order

(3)

The Federal Constitution of 1950

(2)

Redressing Past Inequities: Compensatory Discrimination and Soosai the Cobbler

(7)

From Religious Tutelage to a Common Civil Code: The Case of Shah Bano

(6)

Ecclesiology and Constitutional Order: The United Basel Mission Church Case

(7)

Critical Issues in India's Struggle for Covenantal Publicity

(6)

FOUR Sacred Lands and Religious Assemblies in America

105

(44)

The Molding of the American Experience

106

(11)

Summary

117

(1)

Methodism and the Quandaries of Republican Federation: The Pacific Homes Case

118

(16)

Sacred Lands and Native Peoples in Federal Contestation

134

(15)

FIVE Assessing the Engagement, Evaluating the Inquiry

149

(22)

The Critical Role of Ecclesiology

151

(2)

Ecclesiology and the Federal-Republican Struggle

153

(8)

Roles of Religion in the Federal-Republican Project

161

(3)

Religion, Reconciliation, and the Republican Struggle

164

(3)

The Concept of Covenantal Publicity: An Evaluation

167

(2)

An Afterword

169

(2)

Notes

171

(26)

Index

197

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Religion, Federalism, and the Struggle for Public Life Cases from Germany, India, and America

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