Rethinking Secularism

Craig Calhoun is President of the Social Science Research Council, University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University, and Founding Director of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. Mark Juergensmeyer is Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, Professor of Sociology, and Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jonathan VanAntwerpen is Program Officer & Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Council.

• Contributors ; Introduction: Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen ; 1. Western Secularity: Charles Taylor ; 2. The Secular, Secularizations, Secularisms: Jose Casanova ; 3. Secularism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere: Craig Calhoun ; 4. Rehabilitating Secularism: Rajeev Bhargava ; 5. The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democracies and Autocracies: Alfred C. Stepan ; 6. Civilizational States, Secularisms, Religions: Peter Katzenstein ; 7. A Suspension of (Dis)Belief: The Secular-Religious Binary and the Study of International Relations: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd ; 8. Rethinking the Secular and Religious Aspects of Violence: Mark Juergensmeyer ; 9. Religious Humanitarianism and the Global Politics of Secularism: Cecelia Lynch ; 10. Rethinking Fundamentalism in a Secular Age: R. Scott Appleby ; 11. Secularism, Religious Change, and Social Conflict in Asia: Richard Madsen ; 12. Smash temples, Burn Books: Comparing Secularist Projects in India and China: Peter van der Veer ; 13. Freedom of Speech and Religious Limitations: Talal Asad

an up-to-date report about the contemporary state of discussion concerning the categories of secular, secularization, and secularism and the problems grouped around this words. The well-tested and validated theses, with a lot of empirical, detailed examples and models, are founded on solid erudition, deep knowledge, and skills of the competent authors.