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Secular Translations
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Talal Asad
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-04 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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In Secular Translations, the anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its contradictions. He draws out the ambiguities
The Postsecular Political Philosophy of Jürgen Habermas
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Dafydd Huw Rees
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-01 - Publisher: University of Wales Press

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This is the first full-length treatment of Habermas’ postsecular political philosophy, in English. It gives a much more in-depth analysis of this aspect of hi
The Secular Paradox
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Joseph Blankholm
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-07 - Publisher: NYU Press

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"Secular people are strangely ambiguous. They feel a tension between what they don't share and what they have in common-between avoiding religion and embracing
Beyond the Secular
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Andrea Cassatella
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-09-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Through an in-depth, critical analysis of Jacques Derrida's later writings, Beyond the Secular examines the contemporary nexus between religion and politics. Re
Owning the Secular
Language: en
Pages: 151
Authors: Matt Sheedy
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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Owning the Secular examines three case studies dealing with religious symbols and cultural identity, including two public controversies over the veil in Canada