{"product_id":"9781139610759","title":"Beyond Church and State: Democracy, Secularism, and Conversion","description":"Secularism is often imagined in Thomas Jefferson's words as 'a wall of separation between Church and State'. This book moves past that standard picture to argue that secularism is a process that reshapes both religion and politics. Borrowing a term from religious traditions, the book goes further to argue that this process should be understood as a process of conversion. Matthew Scherer studies Saint Augustine, John Locke, John Rawls, Henri Bergson and Stanley Cavell to present a more accurate picture of what secularism is, what it does, and how it can be reimagined to be more conducive to genuine democracy.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118527791344,"sku":"9781139610759","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781139610759_p0.jpg?v=1763700024","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781139610759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}