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This book examines the importance of the Enlightenment for
understanding the secular outlook of contemporary Western
societies. It shows the new ways of thinking about religion that
emerged during the 17th and 18th centuries and have had a great
impact on how we address problems related to religion in the public
sphere today. Based on the assumption that political concepts are
rooted in historical realities, this collection combines the
perspective of political philosophy with the perspective of the
history of ideas. Does secularism imply that individuals are not
free to manifest their beliefs in public? Is secularization the
same as rejecting faith in the absolute? Can there be a universal
rational core in every religion? Does freedom of expression always
go hand in hand with freedom of conscience? Is secularism an
invention of the predominantly Christian West, which cannot be
applied in other contexts, specifically that of Muslim cultures?
Answers to these and related questions are sought not only in
current theories and debates in political philosophy, but also in
the writings of Immanuel Kant, Benedict Spinoza, Thomas Hobbes,
Anthony Collins, Adriaan Koerbagh, Abbe Claude Yvon, Giovanni Paolo
Marana, and others.
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