The Oxford handbook of secularism / edited by Phil Zuckerman and John R. Shook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zuckerman, Phil, editor.

Shook, John R., editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in religion.

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Secularism

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Oxford Companion to Secularism provides a timely overview of the new multidisciplinary field of secular studies. This field involves philosophy, the humanities, intellectual history, political theory, law, international studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, education, religious studies, and additional disciplines, all showing an increasing interest in the multifaceted phenomenon known as secularism. Conflicts and debates around the world more and more frequently involve secularism.

Contents:

Introduction: The Study of Secularism / Phil Zuckerman, John R. Shook

Secularism in Turkey / Kenan Sevinc, Ralph W. Hood Jr., Thomas Coleman

Secularization in Israel / Guy Ben-Porat

Secularism, State Neutrality, and Islam / Abdullah Saeed

Secular Government in sub-Saharan Africa / Baffour K. Takyi

Secularism in India / Vidhu Verma

Soviet Atheism and its Aftermath / Sonja Luehrmann

Sacred, Secular, and Neo-sacred Governments in China and Taiwan / Cheng-tian Kuo

Religion in the Public Sphere / Cristina Lafont

The Liberal Betrayal of Secularism / Shadia B. Drury

Religious Freedom in a Secular Society / Roger Trigg

Identifying (with) the Secular / Johannes Quack

Communicative Reason and Religious Faith in Secular and Post-Secular Contexts / Jacob Goodson

Secularisms or Liberal-Democratic Constitutionalism / Veit Bader

Multiculturalizing Secularism / Tariq Modood

Secularisms or Critique of Religio-Secularism / Yolande Jansen

A Secular Critique of Religious Ethics and Politics / Paul Cliteur

Secular Education and Religion / James Arthur

Secularism, Feminism and the Public Sphere / Niamh Reilly

Secularism, Race, and Political Affiliation in America / Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Yazmín García Trejo

Black Infidels / Sikiyu Hutchinson

Secularism and U.S. Religion Jurisprudence / Caroline Corbin

Religious/Non-Religious Demography and Religion v. Science: A Global Perspective / Ariela Keysar

Separating Church and State in America / David Niose

Varieties of Secular Experience / David Eller

Secular Living / Jesse M. Smith

Secular Prosociality and Well-being / Luke Galen

Secularism and the Science of Well-being / David Yaden, Jonathan Iwry, Emily Esfahani Smith, James O. Pawelski

Secular Spirituality / Robert C. Fuller

Nonreligious People in Religious Societies / Will M. Gervais, Maxine Najle

The Challenge of Leaving Religion and Becoming Secular / Marlene Winell

Agency and Responsibility in a Natural World / Erik J. Wielenberg

The Evolution of Sociality, Helping and Morality / Dennis Krebs, Kaleda Denton

Secularization and its Consequences / Steve Bruce

Ethics, Secular and Religious / John Teehan

Secular Ethics, East and West / Sor-hoon Tan

Secularism, Humanism, and Secular Humanism / Joseph Blankholm

Humanism as a Positive Outcome of Secularism / Joachim Duyndam

Secularization, Bio-medical Technology and Life Extension / Brian S. Turner

The Imagined War between Secularism and Religion / Mark Juergensmeyer

Political Secularism / Jacques Berlinerblau

Political Secularism and Democracy in Theory and Practice / Jonathan Fox

Anglo-American Secular Government / John Perry

Secularism in France / Amélie Barras.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 5, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190628314

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