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Secularism and Secularity: Contemporary International Perspectives

Effie Fokas

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The titles of the texts under review give some clue as to a particular problem in the sociological study of religion: ‘the secular’ and its various suffixed relatives – secularisation, secularity, secularism, and now secularisms – are enigmatic, loaded, and frequently muddled up concepts.

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The titles of the texts under review give some clue as to a particular problem in the sociological study of religion: ‘the secular’ and its various suffixed relatives – secularisation, secularity, secularism, and now secularisms – are enigmatic, loaded, and frequently muddled up concepts.

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The titles of the texts under review give some clue as to a particular problem in the sociological study of religion: ‘the secular’ and its various suffixed relatives – secularisation, secularity, secularism, and now secularisms – are enigmatic, loaded, and frequently muddled up concepts.

Key concepts: Secularity, Secularism, Secularization, Religious studies, Sociology, Political science, Philosophy, Law

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