Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Karin Fry

   Pages 1-15

3. Christian Conservatives and the War against Secular Humanism

   • Karin Fry

   Pages 17-69

4. The Secular Left: “Reason,” Religion, and the Threat of Theocracy

   • Karin Fry

   Pages 71-122

5. The Common Origins of the Right and the Left on Church and State

   • Karin Fry

   Pages 123-161

6. Back Matter

   Pages 163-198

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This book covers arguments made by various sides of the political-religious divide from the past 30 years, showing what the actual differences are between these groups. By stressing the typically ignored similarities, the book better informs partisans and the public to move debate forward.

• Church and State
• Humanism
• religion
• rhetoric
• state
• stress
• war

“Fry offers a cohesive example of how a certain sort of very powerful and pervasive rhetoric works, and for the educated lay audience it will certainly prove a useful book in describing one of the most impactful forms of political speech today.” (Leslie Dorrough Smith, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 57, Autumn, 2015)

Karin Fry is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, USA. She is the author of Arendt: A Guide for the Perplexed (2009). Her research interests include continental philosophy, social and political philosophy, and public philosophy.

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