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Why does secularization proceed differently in otherwise similar countries? Secular Conversions demonstrates that the institutional structure of the state is a
Strange Gods
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-21 - Publisher: Vintage

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In a groundbreaking historical work that focuses on the long, tense convergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with an uncompromising secular perspective,
Political Conversion
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Pages: 257
Authors: Don Waisanen
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-20 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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Stories of religious conversion have been told for millennia. Yet many prominent figures such as Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton, and Rick Perry have also used s
Converting Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: David H. Darst
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies

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This study examines the many ways in which seventeenth-century Spanish authors manipulated the expected outcomes of secular literature to create religiously mot
Dominion
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-29 - Publisher: Basic Books

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A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginabl