Comparative Secularisms in a Global Age

. Ed(s): Cady, Linell E.; Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman

ISBN 10: 0230621244 / ISBN 13: 9780230621244

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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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. Editor(s): Cady, Linell E.; Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442. . 2010. 2010th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Secularisms in a Global Age
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230621244
• ISBN 13: 9780230621244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

LINELL E. CADY is the Franca G. Oreffice Dean's Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University, USA, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.
 
ELIZABETH SHAKMAN HURD is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, USA.