TY - GEN T1 - Faith, nationalism, and the future of liberal democracy. A1 - Elcott, David M. LA - English PP - Place of publication not identified PB - University of Notre Dame Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1242578032 AB - "David Elcott, C. Colt Anderson, Tobias Cremer, and Volker Haarmann present a pragmatic and modernist exploration of how religion engages in the public square. Elcott and his co-authors are concerned about the ways religous identity is being used to foster the exclusion of individuals and communities from citizenship, political representation, and a role in determining public policy. They examine the ways religious identity is weaponized to fuel populist revolts against a political, social, and economic order that values democracy in a global and strikingly diverse world ... The authors explore what constitutes a constructive religious voice in the political arena, even in nurturing patriotism and democracy, and what undermines and threatens liberal democracies. To lay the groundwork for a religious response, the book offers chapters showing how Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism can nourish liberal democracy. The authors encourage people of faith to promote foundational support for the institutions and values of the democratic enterprise from within their own religious traditions and to stand against the hostility and cruelty that historically have resulted when religious zealotry and state power combine"--The publisher CN - BL65.P7 E43 2021 SN - 9780268200626 SN - 0268200629 SN - 0268200602 SN - 9780268200602 KW - Religion and politics : United States. KW - Religion and politics : Europe. KW - Liberalism : Religious aspects. KW - Democracy : Religious aspects. KW - Free enterprise : Religious aspects. KW - Religion et politique : États-Unis. KW - Religion et politique : Europe. KW - Libéralisme : Aspect religieux. KW - RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State KW - Free enterprise : Religious aspects KW - Democracy : Religious aspects KW - Liberalism : Religious aspects KW - Religion and politics KW - Europe KW - United States ER -