Mon 3.23.09| Secularism, Religion and Obama

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Jakobsen & Pellegrini, eds., Secularisms Duke U. Press, 2008

 

 

Is secularism the modernizing, progressive answer to stuck-in-the-past religion? Janet Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini call into question the secularism-religion binary; they contend that a kind of Christian secularism dominates US politics. They also see gender and sexuality as central to the development of both the neoliberal agenda and what they call Barack Obama's Neo-New Deal.

I agree with the points
Submitted by Frank Brown (not verified) on March 30, 2009 - 10:50am.

I agree with the points regarding Christian-Secularism and its influence on our political ideologies/beliefs. I disagree with their perceptions about gender and sexuality being central to the development of Obama's "Neo-New Deal"...I think they're extrapolating a little to much out of his motives and policies.

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Frank
Car accident lawyer

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