Political Secularism and Religion

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Abul Ala Mawdudi; age of perplexity; Ahmad Qābel; AKP; Arab-Islamicate world(s); Butrus al-Bustani; church buildings; claims-making; critique of ideologies; discursive democracy; divine sovereignty; domestic politics; eastern Germany; education; Erdogan; ethnic minority; foqahā; founding Shīʿī scholars; governance; hidden imām; History; History and Archaeology; Hunza; Iran; Islam; Islamic religious rights; Islamism; Islamist terrorism; Islamists; jihad; liberalism; minorities’ religiosity; Muslim politics; Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd; nation-building; Pakistan; political secularism; populism; Qurʾānic hermeneutics; qāʾim; reconciliation; reformist Islam; religion; religious discourse; religious secularity; Sami; Sayyid Qutb; secular/religious divide; secularism; secularity; secularization; Shīʿi theology; Singapore; Social and ethical issues; social secularism; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Spain; survival strategy; Szekler; Tatar; The Clarion of Syria; theocracy; Turkey; twelver shīʿism; velāyat-e faqih; violent right-wing movements; ḥadīth collection

This reprint delves into the relationship between religious leaders and movements and secular political systems. While the secularisation thesis predicted the decline of religion in both private and public life, this reprint challenges this narrative by exploring the diverse approaches of religious...