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Secularism: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Until the modern period the integration of church (or other
religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for granted.
The political order was always tied to an official religion in
Christian Europe, pre-Christian Europe, and in the Arabic world.
But from the eighteenth century onwards, some European states began
to set up their political order on a different basis. Not religion,
but the rule of law through non-religious values embedded in
constitutions became the foundation of some states - a movement we
now call secularism. In others, a de facto secularism emerged as
political values and civil and criminal law altered their professed
foundation from a shared religion to a non-religious basis. Today
secularism is an increasingly hot topic in public, political, and
religious debate across the globe. It is embodied in the conflict
between secular republics - from the US to India - and the
challenges they face from resurgent religious identity politics; in
the challenges faced by religious states like those of the Arab
world from insurgent secularists; and in states like China where
calls for freedom of belief are challenging a state imposed
non-religious worldview. In this Very Short Introduction Andrew
Copson tells the story of secularism, taking in momentous episodes
in world history, such as the great transition of Europe from
religious orthodoxy to pluralism, the global struggle for human
rights and democracy, and the origins of modernity. He also
considers the role of secularism when engaging with some of the
most contentious political and legal issues of our time:
'blasphemy', 'apostasy', religious persecution, religious
discrimination, religious schools, and freedom of belief and
freedom of thought in a divided world. Previously published in
hardback as Secularism: Politics, Religion, and Freedom ABOUT THE
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