ASSERTIVE RELIGION: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 13149013B62171
English Summary/英文概要： Questions about religions and religious institutions have changed dramatically since they first arose many years ago. In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the link of religion with extreme ideologies captures our attention. Such questions have been the focus of a steadily growing number of books. What does Assertive Religion add to the debate?
Emanuel de Kadt discusses the relationship of religion to wider social issues such as human rights and multiculturalism. He traces the growth, during the religious revival over the past decades, of assertive, and even coercive, forms of religion, notably—but not exclusively—fundamentalist varieties. He deals with these questions as they relate to the three major Abrahamic religions, thereby addressing a readership wider than that made up of persons interested exclusively in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
The author takes on issues such as the effects of the "Jewishness" of Israel on the rights of Palestinians; the consequences of the centralized authority structure of the Roman Catholic Church; and the implications of the failure of reform-oriented Muslims to make their voices heard in an organized Islamic reform movement. He is even-handed, focusing on both positive and negative features of each religious perspective, though he does have a clear viewpoint. Assertive Religion adds to increasingly sharp political discussions on issues arising out of religion. It is a must read for anyone interested in how religion is shaping the world of tomorrow.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 多年前宗教和宗教机构引发问题以来，这些问题已经发生了戏剧化的改变。在二十一世纪之初,宗教与极端意识形态的联系吸引了我们的注意。这些问题已经成为人们关注的焦点,相关书籍的数量不断增加。《坚定自信的宗教》为这场辩论增加了什么话题呢?
伊曼纽尔•德•凯特（Emanuel de Kadt）讨论了更广泛的社会问题中的宗教关系,如人权和多元文化主义。他追溯了在过去几十年的宗教复兴中，宗教形式坚定自信甚至是强制的增长，尤其注重但不是专门突出信奉正统派基督教的人的多样化。由于这些问题涉及三个主要的亚伯拉罕宗教，他处理起来比单一的犹太教、基督教或伊斯兰教的研究者眼界更宽。
作者提出的问题不是享有巴勒斯坦人权的以色列犹太教徒的财产，不是罗马天主教会中央集权体系的后果，也不是伊斯兰改革运动失败中穆斯林改革派发出自己声音的意义。尽管他有清晰的观点，他对宗教的正反两面的特征却是同样关注、不偏不倚的。《坚定自信的宗教》加剧了由宗教问题引发的尖锐的政治讨论。对未来世界的宗教形态感兴趣的人来说，这是一本必读的书。（Pêche）
Awards/获奖情况：“This fascinating, innovative work is read in one sitting. It challenges the reader’s ideas: not only by giving a very solid analysis of the essentials of fundamentalism in our major religions and their position towards the state. It also analyses the core dilemmas of multiculturalism. And last but not least: despite de Kadt’s obvious scepticism with regard to the univeralist pretention of human rights, many conclusions, like the plea for civil and political freedoms and the reduction of exclusion belong to the very core of the human rights debate. This debate demands an interdisciplinary approach, to prevent the doctrine of human rights to become fundamentalist in itself. The book leaves the reader with these confusing views, and is challenged to reconsider the easier ones that simplify the multiculturalism discourse. Food for thought, both for academics of different disciplines and for politicians.”—Jenny E. Goldschmidt, director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University
“This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in or concerned about the challenges that face religious pluralism in contemporary societies. Emanuel de Kadt warns against a widespread tendency to focus on the extremism of terrorists which he considers to be a distraction from the far more insidious fundamentalisms found within the Abrahamic traditions, which assert their authority to impose pre-Enlightenment social and ethical imperatives on the grounds of unquestionable and unquestioning beliefs that they, and they alone, know God’s will. Professor de Kadt does not mince words, but his is a judiciously nuanced and scholarly argument. Assertive Religion is informative, provocative and eminently readable.”—Eileen Barker, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion, London School of Economics
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊曼纽尔•德•凯特（Emanuel de Kadt）是荷兰乌得勒支大学文化人类学的荣誉退休教授。他的许多文章和书籍包括《巴西的天主教基础》、《旅游业：护照的发展》、《促进公平：从卫生部门获得的新方法》（雷纳托塔斯卡合著）、《公私合营的社会服务：智利、哥斯达黎加和委内瑞拉的卫生保健和教育》（伊莲祖凯曼合著）。Emanuel de Kadt is professor emeritus in the department of cultural anthropology at Utrecht University. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Catholic Radicals in Brazil; Tourism: Passport to Development?; Promoting Equity: A New Approach from the Health Sector (with Renato Tasca); and The Public-Private Mix in Social Services: Health Care and Education in Chile, Costa Rica and Venezuela (with Elaine Zuckermann).
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