The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series)

The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism shows how people can live together and overcome the challenge of religious terrorism by adopting a "secular outlook" on life and politics.

• Shows how secularism can answer the problem of religious terrorism
• Provides new perspectives on how religious minorities can be integrated into liberal democracies
• Reveals how secularism has gained a new political and moral significance.
• Also examines such topics as atheism, religious criticism and free speech

Paul Cliteur is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. He is also a lawyer, a former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delft, and a widely published author.