Religion and Secularism in France Today

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Portier, Philippe (editor)
Willaime, Jean-Paul (editor)
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English
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Abstract
This volume examines the perception of the French principle of laïcité or secularism and attempts to demonstrate to English-speaking readers that the configurations of the French model of laïcité are both more flexible and complex than they appear to be. Due to the diversification of France's religious landscape (notably with a Muslim minority estimated at 7% of the population) and some of the effects of Europeanisation, French secularism is being urged to shed its anti-religious tendencies and abandon a version of secularism conceived as an alternative to religion. The French Republic is not a secularist state but a secular state where secularism is conceived as a founding principle of pluralistic democracies.
URI
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81328
Keywords
Laicity; laïcité; Fench Republic; secularism; Fremch Secularism; Religion in France; political secularism; Catholicism; Islam; French Catholicism; secularism; separation of Church and State; religion and politics
ISBN
9781032003436, 9781032014586, 9781003178675
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Publication date and place
2022
Imprint
Routledge
Classification
Political science and theory
Social and political philosophy
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Society and culture: general
Human rights, civil rights
Civics and citizenship
Review type
Proposal
Anonymity
Single-anonymised
Reviewer type
Internal editor; External peer reviewer
Review stage
Pre-publication
Open review
No
Publish responsibility
Publisher

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