Religion and Secularism in France Today (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Portier, Philippe; Willaime, Jean-Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the dynamic life of religion and politics in France. The authors of this book, ranking amongst the best French experts in the study of religion and secularism, introduce the reader to a living and lived laicity influenced by the social and religious dynamics of contemporary France.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000593303
• Artikelnr.: 63905966

Autorenporträt

Philippe Portier is Professor of History and Sociology of Secularism at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL, France. Jean-Paul Willaime is Emerite Professor of History and Sociology of Protestantism at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Rajeev Bhargava, Preface: Secularism in France today by Violette Graff, Introduction: the complexity of the French principle of Laïcité 1. A brief history of French laïcité, 2. The three stages of French secularism, 3. How did Catholicism shape and challenge French laïcism, 4. Minority religions, Protestantism, and the laws on religion in France, 5. From acceptance of diversity to debating multiculturalism: France facing affirmations of identity in the late-twentieth century, 6. The role of French secularism in the making of the Islamic collective identity, 7. Secularity, religion, and the construction of Europe, Appendix: Chronology of political French history