The Culture War and the Sacred/Secular Divide
The Problem of Pluralism and Weak Hegemony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4188844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Davison Hunter (0000-0002-5501-6718, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1307-1322 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-783X • E-ISSN: 1944-768X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sor.2009.0080 |
| OpenAlex | W42779830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 6 |
The culture war over the last several decades in North America appears to be a proxy between the conflict of the sacred and the secular. Yet, this perception ignores the complexity that actually exists. Advocates for competing sides have never denied a place for the other but affirmed the necessity of pluralism in American democracy. Rather, the conflict has been a contest over the language and limits of acceptable pluralism; over where and how and on what terms the boundaries of tolerable diversity would be drawn
CONTEST · Democracy · Diversity (politics) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Hegemony · Pluralism (philosophy) · Political science · Politics · Religious pluralism · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Citations per year | 1.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |