Trends of Secularism in a Pluralistic World

Trends of Secularism in a Pluralistic World

  • Author: Contreras, Jaime; Martínez de Codes, Rosa María (eds.)
  • Publisher: Iberoamericana Vervuert
  • Serie: --Sin Colección
  • ISBN: 9788484897118
  • eISBN Pdf: 9783954870929
  • Place of publication:  Madrid , Spain
  • Year of publication: 2013
  • Pages: 319
This book brings together a group of experts from Europe, USA and Australasia who, from their respective fields, whether historical, legal or sociological, have investigated the most controversial aspects of the traditional relations between so-called 'secularism' and the religious confessions.
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Jaime Contreras y Rosa María Martínez de Codes, On Secularisms and Religions
  • Part I: Religion and Secularist Principles
    • David Little, The Global Challenge of Secularism to Religious Freedom
    • T. Jeremy Gunn, Secularism, the Secular, and Secularization
    • Rex Tauati Ahdar, Why Secularism Is Not Neutral
    • J. Paul Martin, Re-Thinking Secularism: A Paradigm Based on Non-Discrimination
    • Nicholas P. Miller, Competing Secularisms and the Place of Religious Freedom
    • Rosa María Martínez de Codes, Legal Dimensions of Secularism: Conflicts of Law and Conscience in the Field of Education in Europe
  • Part II: Trends of Secularism and Diversity
    • Jaime Contreras, Secularism Trends and the Arab World
    • Zoila Combalía, Secularisation, Human Rights, and Women in Islamic Societies
    • Philippe Portier, Civil Religion in France: Returning to a Metamorphosis
    • Blandine Chelini-Pont, Legal Secularism in France Today: Between Two Paths
    • Jean-Pierre Bastian, Protestantism in the Latin World: Religion and Secularism
  • List of Authors

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