Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways (Columbia/Hurst)

by Olivier Roy

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Olivier Roy, world renowned authority on Islam and politics, finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and sociocultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to take root, an anti-intellectualism that promises immediate, emotional access to the sacred and positions itself in direct opposition to contemporary pagan...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231701268

ISBN13:9780231701266

Release Date:December 2010

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:9.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Christian Books & Bibles Church & State Comparative Religion Education & Reference Fundamentalism Islam Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Religion

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