Secular States and Religious Diversity

Preface

Introduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and André Laliberté

Part 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches

1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer

2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman

3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev Bhargava

Part 2: Secularisms in the West

4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak

5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman

6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the “Clash” within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture

7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. Kuru

Part 3: Secularisms beyond the West

8 State Intervention in the Reform of a “Religion of Rules”: An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba

9 Something Got Lost in Translation: From “Secularism” to “Separation between Politics and Religion” in Taiwan / André Laliberté

10 The Changing State Monopoly on Religion and Secular Views in Thailand / Manuel Litalien

11 State-Society Structures and the Frustration of Movements for Secular Reforms in Lebanon: Civil Marriage and Youth Activism / Elinor Bray-Collins

Conclusion: Secularism, Religious Diversity, and Democratic Politic / Anna Drake

Contributors; Index