Multiple Secularities Beyond the West: Religion and Modernity in the Global Age

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Questions of secularity and modernity have become globalized, but most studies still focus on the West. This book explores the 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.

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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.

Author Biography

Marian Burchardt, MPI Göttingen; MonikaWohlrab-Sahr and Matthias Middell, University of Leipzig.

Long Description

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.

Details ISBN1614515689 Year 2015 ISBN-10 1614515689 ISBN-13 9781614515685 Format Hardcover Subtitle Religion and Modernity in the Global Age Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Monika Wohlrab-Sahr DEWEY 211.7 Pages 323 Publisher De Gruyter Imprint De Gruyter Language English Series Number 1 UK Release Date 2015-01-19 Publication Date 2015-01-19 AU Release Date 2015-01-19 NZ Release Date 2015-01-19 US Release Date 2015-01-19 Author Matthias Middell Alternative 9781614515746 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Religion and Its Others We've got this

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