Russell Sandberg is a senior lecturer in law at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University.

• 1. The new world; 2. The secularisation thesis; 3. Secularisation within religious groups; 4. Questioning the secularisation thesis; 5. Beyond secularisation; 6. A new dawn.

'A work of refreshing clarity and vision … Avowedly academic, it will be challenging to those new to the topics under construction, but will more than reward the reader who embraces the journey on which Sandberg seeks to take them.' Stephen Farrell, Search: A Church of Ireland Journal

Russell Sandberg is a senior lecturer in law at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University.

• 1. The new world; 2. The secularisation thesis; 3. Secularisation within religious groups; 4. Questioning the secularisation thesis; 5. Beyond secularisation; 6. A new dawn.

'A work of refreshing clarity and vision … Avowedly academic, it will be challenging to those new to the topics under construction, but will more than reward the reader who embraces the journey on which Sandberg seeks to take them.' Stephen Farrell, Search: A Church of Ireland Journal

Russell Sandberg is a senior lecturer in law at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University.

• 1. The new world; 2. The secularisation thesis; 3. Secularisation within religious groups; 4. Questioning the secularisation thesis; 5. Beyond secularisation; 6. A new dawn.

'A work of refreshing clarity and vision … Avowedly academic, it will be challenging to those new to the topics under construction, but will more than reward the reader who embraces the journey on which Sandberg seeks to take them.' Stephen Farrell, Search: A Church of Ireland Journal