Secularism in Comparative Perspective - 9783031133121

Secularism in Comparative PerspectiveReligions Across Political Contexts\nAuthor(s): Jonathan Laurence\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031133121, 978-3031133121\nSynopsis\nThis book confronts the key questions surrounding comparative secularism in historical perspective. The contributions critically consider the normative ideas and alternative political arrangements that govern religions relation to politics and to the public and private spheres.\n\nContaining contributions by world-renowned scholars such as Michael Walzer, Asma Afsaruddin and Sudipta Kaviraj, this book recounts the arguments, debates, and disputations regarding secular arguments for accommodating religion. It does so in both critical and appreciative ways and describes some of the outcomes in actually existing institutions, policies, and practical arrangements. With the addition of many non-Western experienc.