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This distinction is both literal and figurative. It refers, on the one hand, to religious traditions and to secular traditions and, on the other hand, to tropes that extend the meaning and reference of religion and secularism in indeterminate ways. The author takes these tropes as the best way of organizing Said’s heterogeneous corpus – from Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography, his first book, to Orientalism, his most influential book, to his recent writings on the Palestinian question. The religion–secularism distinction, as an act of imagination and narrative continuity, lies behind Said’s cultural criticism, his notion of intellectual responsibility, and his public controversy with Michael Walzer about the meaning and the uses of the Exodus story and about the question of Palestine.  \n􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀅􀀄􀀆􀀇 􀀉 . 􀀋􀀆􀀌􀀍 is Assistant Professor of Religion at Duke University. He has written for The American Journal of Philosophy and Theology and is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Southeastern Commission on the Study of Religion. His interests lie in the intersection of religion and critical thought, and in naturalistic and postcontemporary accounts of religion.  \n􀀎􀀆􀀇􀀏􀀌􀀄􀀉􀀐􀀑 􀀒 􀀍􀀓􀀉􀀄􀀑􀀒 􀀄􀀔􀀌􀀑􀀅􀀄􀀐􀀄􀀕􀀔 􀀆􀀔􀀉 􀀎􀀌􀀄􀀍􀀄􀀎􀀆􀀅 􀀍􀀋􀀕􀀓􀀐􀀋􀀍 􀀖  \nEdited by  \n􀀃􀀆􀀗􀀔􀀑 􀀘􀀌􀀕􀀓􀀉􀀙􀀕􀀕􀀍 , Columbia University 􀀚􀀑􀀙􀀙􀀌􀀑􀀗 􀀅 . 􀀒 􀀍􀀕 􀀓 􀀍 , Princeton University 􀀔􀀄􀀎􀀋􀀕􀀅􀀆􀀒 􀀃􀀕􀀅􀀍􀀑􀀌􀀒 􀀍􀀕􀀌􀀙􀀙 , Yale University  \nCurrent events confirm the need to understand religious ideas and institutions critically, yet radical doubts have been raised about how to proceed and about the ideal of critical thought itself. Meanwhile, some prominent scholars have urged that we turn the tables, and view modern society as the object of criticism and a religious tradition as the basis for critique. Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought is a series of books intended to address that interaction of critical thinking and religious traditions in this context of certainty and conflicting claims. It will take up questions such as the following, either by reflecting on them philosophically or by pursuing their ramifications in studies of specific figures and movements: is a coherent critical perspective on religion desirable or even possible? What sort of relationship to religious tradition ought a critic to have? What, if anything, is worth saving from the Enlightenment legacy or from critics of religion like Hume and Feuerbach? The answers offered, while varied, will uniformly consitute distinguished, philosophically informed, and critical analyses of particular religious topics.  \nOther titles published in the series  \n􀀜 . Feuerbach and the interpretation of religion 􀀝􀀆􀀔 􀀆 . 􀀋􀀆􀀌􀀝􀀑􀀗  \n􀀞 . John Locke and the ethics of belief 􀀔􀀄􀀎􀀋􀀕􀀅􀀆􀀒 􀀃􀀕􀀅􀀍􀀑􀀌􀀒 􀀍􀀕􀀌􀀙􀀙  \n􀀟 . Religion and faction in Hume’s moral philosophy 􀀚􀀑􀀔􀀔􀀄􀀙􀀑􀀌 􀀆 . 􀀋􀀑􀀌􀀉􀀍  \n􀀠 . Freud and the legacy of Moses 􀀌􀀄􀀎􀀋􀀆􀀌􀀉 􀀚 . 􀀏􀀑􀀌􀀔􀀒 􀀍􀀑􀀄􀀔  \n􀀡 . William James and the metaphysics of experience 􀀉􀀆􀀝􀀄􀀉 􀀎 . 􀀅􀀆􀀇􀀏􀀑􀀌􀀍􀀋  \n􀀢 . Contingency and fortune in Aquinas’s ethics 􀀚􀀕􀀋􀀔 􀀏􀀕􀀃􀀅􀀄􀀔  \n􀀣 . Love disconsoled: meditations on Christian charity 􀀍􀀄􀀇􀀕􀀍􀀋􀀗 􀀘 . 􀀚􀀆􀀎􀀤􀀒􀀕􀀔  \nEDWARD SAID AND THE RELIGIOUS EFFECTS OF CULTURE  \nWILLIAM D. HART  \nDuke University  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄􀀅􀀆􀀇􀀈􀀉 􀀃􀀊 􀀋􀀇􀀈 􀀁􀀌􀀈􀀆􀀆 􀀆􀀊􀀍􀀉􀀅􀀎􀀏􀀋􀀈 􀀐􀀑 􀀋􀀇􀀈 􀀂􀀍􀀅􀀒􀀈􀀌􀀆􀀅􀀋􀀊 􀀐􀀑 􀀎􀀏􀀓􀀃􀀌􀀅􀀉􀀔􀀈 The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom  \n􀀎􀀏􀀓􀀃􀀌􀀅􀀉􀀔􀀈 􀀂􀀍􀀅􀀒􀀈􀀌􀀆􀀅􀀋􀀊 􀀁􀀌􀀈􀀆􀀆  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK  \n40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA  \n477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain  \nDock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa [http://www.cambridge.org](http://www.cambridge.org)  \n© William Hart 2004  \nFirst published in printed format 2000  \nISBN 0-511-03410-5 eBook (Adobe Reader) ISBN 0-521-77052","cbCaigLuN03tohlu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigLuN03tohlu","pdf",1044966,252,"English","# Preface\n# Abbreviations\n# Preliminary remarks\n## Culture as the transfiguration of religious thought\n## The religious effects of culture: nationalism\n## The religious effects of culture: Orientalism\n## The religious effects of culture: imperialism\n## The responsibilities of the secular critic\n## Marx, Said, and the Jewish question\n## Concluding remarks: religion, secularism, and pragmatic naturalism\n## Appendix A: Whose exodus, which interpretation?\n## Appendix B: An exchange of letters between Michael Walzer and Edward Said\n## Notes\n## Select bibliography\n## Index of names","[{\"question\":\"What is the central concept linking religion and secularism in this book?\",\"answer\":\"The book highlights a religion–secularism distinction that works both literally and figuratively, organizing how cultural meaning and reference shift across religious and secular traditions.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the religion–secularism distinction relate to Said’s cultural criticism?\",\"answer\":\"It is presented as an act of imagination and narrative continuity that supports Said’s approach to cultural criticism and his idea of intellectual responsibility.\"},{\"question\":\"Which controversies and texts does the book connect to Said’s critique?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on Said’s public controversy with Michael Walzer, particularly over the meaning and uses of the Exodus story and the question of Palestine.\"}]","Edward Said and the Religious Effects of Culture | PDF",1791755587,635]