Multiple secularities beyond the west : religion and modernity in the global age / edited by Marian Burchardt, Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, and Matthias Middell.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter,
[2015]
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| Series: | Religion and its others ;
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| Summary: | 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. It examines the historical pathways, cultural meanings, and global entanglements of secular formations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 317 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781614514053 1614514054 1614514062 9781614514060 1614515743 9781614515746 |
| ISSN: | 2330-6262 ; 2330-6262 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter, viewed May 28, 2015) |