Rethinking Secularism

Name: Rethinking Secularism
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ISBN: 9780199796687

ISBN-10: 0199796688

ISBN-13: 9780199796687

Edition: 2011

Authors: Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe. In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and political dynamics of domestic and world…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Contributors


Introduction




Western Secularity




The Secular, Secularizations, Secularisms




Secularism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere




Rehabilitating Secularism




The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democratic and Non-Democratic Regimes




Civilizational States, Secularisms, and Religions




A Suspension of (Dis) Belief: The Secular-Religious Binary and the Study of International Relations




Rethinking the Secular and Religious Aspects of Violence




Religious Humanitarianism and the Global Politics of Secularism




Rethinking Fundamentalism in a Secular Age




Secularism, Religious Change, and Social Conflict in Asia




Smash Temples, Burn Books: Comparing Secularist Projects in India and China




Freedom of Speech and Religious Limitations



Index