France and the United States are both secular Western countries that are founded upon similar Enlightenment ideals. By virtue of these similarities, one might expect these countries to have similar relationships between church and state. In actuality, however, the secularism that France and the United States both value is a very loosely defined concept whose interpretation and application can w...

Abstract Focusing on Rajeev Bhargava's claim that Aśoka was a secularist avant-la-lettre , I dispute the common understanding of secularism as separation religion and politics, argue instead such separation, to extent it existed, characteristic traditional religious societies. then offer an alternative history demise balance power between church state, rise unitary state which incorporated civi...

Under the conditions of transit power in political sphere, issues interaction between state and public institutions become more relevant. Religion occupies a special place among latter. The article presents author’s vision aspect problem formation Kazakh model secularism. Historically, Kazakhstan has experienced several models secularism, which are directly opposite to each other content form. ...

The Indonesian Anti-Hadith Group (AHG) thought has never been extinguished. No matter how big the public’s rejection of their ideas, that’s significant resistance is. This article aims to reveal Anti Hadith discourse, especially in post-secularism, which is considered momentum for religious openness. Through virtual ethnography method, this argues that post-secular era, activities AHG followers...

The four articles that make up this symposium on Tariq Modood's recent collection, Essays Secularism and Multiculturalism (2019), are based a public conversation research colloquium held at Utrecht University 18 February 2020. In the first article, Modood introduces with statement of his thinking over two decades subjects secularism multiculturalism. This is followed by responses Pooyan Tamimi ...

The four articles that make up this symposium on Tariq Modood's recent collection, Essays Secularism and Multiculturalism (2019), are based a public conversation research colloquium held at Utrecht University 18 February 2020. In the first article, Modood introduces with statement of his thinking over two decades subjects secularism multiculturalism. This is followed by responses Pooyan Tamimi ...