Rethinking Secularism

Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs.

Product details

• Authors: Craig Calhoun, Craig (EDT)/ Juergensmeyer Calhoun
• Assisted by: Craig Calhoun (Editor), Mark Juergensmeyer (Editor), Juergensmeyer Mark (Editor), Jonathan VanAntwerpen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2011
• EAN: 9780199796670
• ISBN: 978-0-19-979667-0
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Religion, allgemein, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion