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Secularism, Assimilation and the Crisis of Multiculturalism

open access: yes, 2013
This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public
Jansen, Yolande
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Studying secularism, practising secularism. Anthropological imperatives

open access: yes, 2001
N.B. Prof Gellner is now based at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. Gellner, D. N. (2001). 'Studying secularism, practising secularism. Anthropological imperatives', Social Anthropology, 9(3), 337-340. [Available at
Gellner, David N.
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The Role of Faith‐Based Organisations in ‘Secular’ International Development Education: Theorising Religions and Development With an Exploratory Case Study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Faith‐based organisations (FBOs) are recognised by the development community as key organisations and partners in development cooperation. Yet commitments to secularism underlying international development cooperation in policy and practice have—to a certain extent—restricted theoretical and empirical study of the involvement and contribution ...
Tessa DeLaquil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re‐Materialising the Geography of Religion: A ‘Triple‐I’ Framework of Infrasecularity, Iconicity and Infrastructuring

open access: yesGeography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Scholarship in the Geography of religion has expanded the study of religious space beyond formal places of worship to informal and temporary sites. This article reviews these developments while highlighting a persistent gap: the limited attention paid to the material agency of architecture.
Silvia Omenetto
wiley   +1 more source

Contesting Power as Political Theology: Traditionalist Islamic Preaching and Post-Secularism in the West

open access: yesReligions
Traditionalist Islamic preaching in the West is not limited to the normative aspects of theology, law, and ethics. In addition, it addresses the most pressing social and political issues that Muslims are currently confronting in the West; it also ...
Abdessamad Belhaj
doaj   +1 more source

Clarification des positions sur la laïcité et objectivation des idéologies, un double enjeu dans l’École et pour l’École

open access: yesÉducation et Socialisation, 2017
The Ministry of National Education in France engaged in several important workstreams – secularitsm in School, digital literacy, encouragement to critial thinking). But some important issues have to be resolved.
Xavier Riondet, Bérengère Kolly
doaj   +1 more source

Late adolescents' accounts of marginalization in India: Towards a ground‐up intersectional framework

open access: yesJournal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 36, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract Within the broader context of limited published literature on identity‐based marginalization in Majority World communities, research on adolescent experiences of marginalization in a diverse country like India is particularly scarce. The purpose of this study was to explore college‐going adolescents' perceptions of commonly marginalized ...
Ritika Rastogi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The state of secularism: the new law and the affair of the Islamic headscarf in France

open access: yes, 2005
This article examines several of the texts which contributed to the development in France of laïcité and explains some of the key events in the affair of the headscarf and the subsequent legal cases.
Jones, Nicky
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Religious Diversity and Multi‐Religiosity in Singapore

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 497-504, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Can government‐mandated exposure to religious diversity both reinforce exclusive identities and cultivate “multi‐religiosity”? This study leverages the 2024 Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality to investigate how Singapore's state‐mandated and managed pluralism impacts the religious lives of its citizens.
Corey Resweber, Bing Han, Fenggang Yang
wiley   +1 more source

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