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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460160903321

Titolo

Multiple secularities beyond the west : religion and modernity in the global age / / edited by Marian Burchardt, Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, and Matthias Middell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-61451-574-3

1-61451-405-4

1-61451-978-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Religion and its others : studies in religion, nonreligion and secularity, , 2330-6262 ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

200.9/051

Soggetti

Religions

Secularism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Religious communities and the state : fault-lines of religion and secularity in South Asia -- part 2. Nationalism, Islam and democratization : secular dynamics in the Arab world -- part 3. Secularities in East Asia -- part 4. African scenarios : (post-)colonial secularity vs. African religiosity? -- part 5. The sacred secular : secularities in post-Communist central and Eastern Europe -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Questions of secularity and modernity have become globalized, but most studies still focus on the West. This volume breaks new ground by comparatively exploring developments in five areas of the world, some of which were hitherto situated at the margins of international scholarly discussions: Africa, the Arab World, East Asia, South Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe.In theoretical terms, the book examines three key dimensions of modern secularity: historical pathways, cultural meanings, and global entanglements of secular formations. The contributions show how differences in these dimensions are linked to



specific histories of religious and ethnic diversity, processes of state-formation and nation-building. They also reveal how secularities are critically shaped through civilizational encounters, processes of globalization, colonial conquest, and missionary movements, and how entanglements between different territorially grounded notions of secularity or between local cultures and transnational secular arenas unfold over time.