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Anders Berg-SRensen
Author_Anders Berg-Sorensen
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Charitable Choice
civic culture theory
Community Services Block Grant
Conservative Christian
constitutional secularism
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
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Equal Treatment Arguments
EU Candidate Country
Free Exercise Claims
German Self-conceptions
Good Life
John R. Bowen
Judeo Christian Secularism
laA?citA(C) studies
Liberal Democratic Morality
Liberal Democratic Polities
Linda Woodhead
Mehdi Bazargan
models of state-religion relations
Multicultural Equality
multicultural societies
Multiple Secularisms
Political Secularism
Post-secular Turn
Principled Distance
Rajeev Bhargava
Religio Political Developments
religion and politics
Religious Free Exercise
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
religious pluralism
Residual Spirituality
Rogers M. Smith
Rosi Braidotti
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Student’s Free Speech Rights
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Product details
- ISBN 9781409457404
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As we enter the twenty-first century, the role of religion within civic society has become an issue of central concern across the world. The complex trends of secularism, multiculturalism and the rise of religiously motivated violence raise fundamental questions about the relationship between political institutions, civic culture and religious groups. Contesting Secularism represents a major intervention into this debate. Drawing together contributions from leading scholars from across the world it analyses how secularism functions as a political doctrine in different national contexts put under pressure by globalisation. In doing so it presents different models for the relationship between political institutions and religious groups, challenging the reader to be more aware of assumptions within their own cultural context, and raises alternative possibilities for the structure of democratic, multi-faith societies. Through its inter-disciplinary and comparative approach, Contesting Secularism sets a new agenda for thinking about the place of religion in the public sphere of twenty-first century societies. It is essential reading for policymakers, as well as for scholars and students in political science, law, sociology and religious studies.
Anders Berg-Sørensen is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Dr Berg-Sørensen researches the relationship between religion and politics from the point of view of political theory and intellectual history, He is an experienced editor (five books in Danish and four special issues over the last twelve years) and has written broadly on secularism, religion and politics, and political ethics in both Danish and international publications.
