Religion after Secularization in Australia

Paul Babie, Adelaide Law School, Australia;  Roland Boer, Renmin University, China;  Gary D. Bouma Monash University, Australia; Hilary M. Carey, University of Bristol, UK; Stephen A. Chavura, independent scholar, Australia;  Matthew Chrulew, Curtin University, Australia;  Michael Hoelzl, The University of Manchester, UK;  Marion Maddox, Macquarie University, Australia; Kathleen McPhillips, University of Newcastle, Australia;  Holly Randell-Moon, University of Otago, New Zealand;  Timothy Stanley, University of Newcastle, Australia;  Ian Tregenza, Macquarie University, Australia

• Introduction, Timothy Stanley Part I: The Australian Case 1. A Political History of the Secular in Australia, 1788-1945, Stephen A. Chavura and Ian Tregenza 2. Legacies of Sectarianism and the Convict Past in Australia, Hilary M. Carey 3. Framing the Kingdom: Growth and Change in a Conservative Social Movement Network, Marion Maddox 4. Australian Secularism, Whiteness, and the British Monarchy, Holly Randell-Moon 5. The Place of Religion in Australian Sociolegal Interaction, Paul Babie 6. Whose Rights Matter? Women's Rights, Anti-discrimination Legislation, and the Case of Religious Exceptions, Kathleen McPhillips Part II: After Secularization 7. Genealogies of the Secular, Matthew Chrulew 8. Freedom, Democracy, and the Socialist Transformation, Roland Boer 9. Decisionism under Postdemocratic Conditions, Michael Hoelzl 10. Utopia and the Public Sphere, Timothy Stanley Epilogue: Religion and Other Ideologies in Political Life, Gary D. Bouma

"This very welcome and interdisciplinary volume addresses both sides of the question. It presents, first, a variety of Australian perspectives on the past and possible futures of secularization. It offers, in addition, a theoretical contribution to questions of secularism, democracy, and modernity through a re-examination of key debates in philosophy, theology, and social theory." (Stephanie Wright, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, May, 2016)