Comparative Secularisms in a Global Age

The history and politics of secularism and the public role of religion in France, India, Turkey, and the United States. It interprets the varieties of secularism as a series of evolving and contested processes of defining and remaking religion, rather than a static solution to the challenges posed b...

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Other Authors: Cady, Linell E. (Editor), Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2010, 2010
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The history and politics of secularism and the public role of religion in France, India, Turkey, and the United States. It interprets the varieties of secularism as a series of evolving and contested processes of defining and remaking religion, rather than a static solution to the challenges posed by religious and political difference
Physical Description:302 p online resource
ISBN:9780230106703