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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 b...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cady, Linell E. (Editor), Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
International Relations.
Political Philosophy.
Political Sociology.
Political Theory.
Sociology of Religion.
Sociology, general.
International relations.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Religion and sociology.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages)
ISBN:9780230106703
DOI:10.1057/9780230106703