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Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: conceptual thinking in migration studies -- 1 Border: meanings, practices and fields in academia, politics, and public domains -- 2 Citizenship: from liberal right to neoliberally earned -- 3 Cohesion: beyond the diversity threatening hypothesis -- 4 Cosmopolitanism: moral universalism and the politics of migration -- 5 Discrimination: studying the racialized structure of disadvantage -- 6 Diversity: polyphony of the concept -- 7 Identity and immigration: core concepts -- 8 Integration: a critical view -- 9 Interculturalism: reimagining dialogue and connectedness in super-diverse realities -- 10 Mobility and migration: physical, contextual, and perspectival interpretations -- 11 Multiculturalism: maximum misunderstanding -- 12 Nationalism: the concept and its varieties -- 13 Secularism: political secularism and post-immigration ethno-religious communities -- 14 Tolerance: recognition, reasonable accommodation, and minority rights -- 15 Transnationalism: theory and experience -- Index.

1. Classifying church-state arrangements : beyond religious versus secular / Darryn Jensen -- 2. The Christian origins of secularism and the rule of law / Richard Mohr -- 3. The future of secularism : a critique / Margaret Davies -- 4. Religion, multiculturalism and legal pluralism / Frank Brennan -- 5. Religion and freedom of speech in Australia / Katharine Gelber -- 6. The reasonable audience of religious hatred : the semiotic ideology of anti-vilification laws in Australia / Massimo Leone -- 7. Religion and security : what's your motive? / Nadirsyah Hosen -- 8. Religion and justice : atonement as an element of justice in both western law and Christian thought / Cassandra Sharp --9. Why should I do this? : private property, climate change and Christian sacrifice / Paul Babie -- 10. Jewish law in a modern Australian context / Jeremy Lawrence -- 11. Do Australian Muslims need a mufti? : analysing the institution of ifta in an Australian context / Mohamad Abdalla.

his article is a lecture part of the Political Theory Ph.D. course (Director: Full Professor Sebastiano Maffettone), held at the LUISS "Guido Carli" University (Rome) on 13 March 2009. It is due to be published in Quaderni del dottorato, Torino, Giappichelli, 2009.
SOMMARIO: 1. Introduction – 2. Part I: Theological and Historical Roots of Western Constitutionalism – 2.1. King-Servant of God vs. Tyrant-Servant of the Devil – 2.2. Hobbes and la religion de l'État – 2.3. John Locke's Principle of Tolerance. The Modern Constitutionalism – 2.4. Roger Williams: The Apostle of Religious Liberty. The Roots of American Secularism – 3. Part II: The secularismlaïcité – 3.1. The Double Separation (Emancipation): State from Religion, Religion from the State – 3.2. Islam and la laïcité à la française – 3.3. Individual Rights vs Group Rights – 4. Conclusion. Secularism and Supranational Constitutionalism

Contemporary Syrian politics is a paradox. On the one hand, the ruling Baath regime led by President Bashar al-Assad claims national unity and co-existence based on alleged secularism. On the other hand, the same regime foments existing sectarian strife for its benefit. Today's Syria seems to be torn between two seemingly opposite realities – secularism and sectarianism. To solve this puzzle, the authors conducted the frame analysis of the presidential speeches since the eruption of conflict in 2011. They have proved that Assad has denied the facts, skilfully constructing desectarianisation discourse, while deepening the sectarian divisions. By doing so, he increases the legitimisation of his rule as well as chances for survival. The Syrian regime has entrenched the sectarian practices which it theoretically stands against. It is a unique case of de-sectarianisation as sectarianisation.

Ahmad Sadzali in his book describes the relationship between religion and the state, which according to him is a conversation that has been going on for a long time and continues, including in Indonesia. This book is divided into three chapters, explaining theocracy, secularism, and tamyiz. Tamyiz is a thought that bridges the two extreme opinions between theocracy and secularism, which is a form of the middle way of thinking. This book does not look at what is no less important than the theme of the relationship between religion and the state, which is related to citizen participation in political decision-making. Often in a secular state, ignoring the opinions of religious people is considered inconsistent with the principles of state neutrality, as stated by John Rawls, especially in the theory of public reason.

Like other liberal democracies, Canada and Quebec is facing important challenges raised by moral and religious diversity, such as the legitimacy of reasonable accommodations and the meaning of secularism in a pluralistic society. Focusing on these latter issues in the context of Quebec's recent history and political culture, with a particular emphasis on the 2007-08 Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences, I intend to outline the current state of the debate in Quebec. First, I define the legal obligation to accommodate and specify what are its limits. Second, I pinpoint the meaning of secularism and defend a liberal and pluralist conception. Third, I discuss the main piece of legislation (Bill 94) that was drafted by the Government of Quebec in response to the recommendations of the aforementioned Commission.Published online: 11 December 2017

The problem of religiosity influence on party construction in modern Russia is analyzed within three periods proposed by the author: 1. the nineties of the twentieth century - the period without restrictions on the use of religion; 2. The first decade of the twenty first century – the period of sufficiently strong principles of state secularism; 3. 2012 – present – the period of "primitive secularism" overcoming. Conclusions and generalizations are made within a broad empirical material, including the study of party's public declaration. The basic trends and features of the religiosity influence on party construction have been determined. It has been analyzed in relation to religion and believers of the leading political parties. Particular attention is paid to political parties that have been using religious ideas in their programs and within party's ideology construction.

ABSTRACTIn theorizing the relationship between Christianity (or religion) and anthropology, scholars have often emphasized the "incommensurability," tension, or distance between two seemingly opposed epistemological frameworks. In this article, I take the case of Billy Graham, one of the most famous Christian leaders of the 20th century, as well as an undergraduate anthropology major, to illustrate how anthropology was imagined to serve Christian purposes, defined by the theological categories of religion. In the modernist Christianity of Graham's 20th‐century evangelicalism, anthropology could be comfortably subsumed under Christian categories. Rather than seeing anthropology, or any science, as being a product of, or coterminous with, secularism, Graham, and his college professors before him, understood anthropology to be fully amenable to Christian uses, so long as secular or atheistic influences were expunged. [Christianity, evangelicalism, secularism, science, race]

An interpretive approach to foreign policy explains the beliefs of actors and the meanings of their actions by locating them in their respective historical traditions and in response to particular dilemmas. This article explains how the British Press constructs 'secularism' as a requirement for Turkey's potential future membership in the European Union (EU) as a response to the rise of the Islamically-identified Justice and Development Party (AKP). By emphasizing Turkey's secularism as a precondition for entry into the EU, the press effects a significant departure from the dominant British foreign policy traditions with respect to Turkey and the EU, which have highlighted considerations of material benefits. These arguments are pursued through a close analysis of how the British Press covered the attempted election of the country's next president in 2007 and the resulting conflict. Adapted from the source document.

An interpretive approach to foreign policy explains the beliefs of actors and the meanings of their actions by locating them in their respective historical traditions and in response to particular dilemmas. This article explains how the British Press constructs 'secularism' as a requirement for Turkey's potential future membership in the European Union (EU) as a response to the rise of the Islamically-identified Justice and Development Party (AKP). By emphasizing Turkey's secularism as a precondition for entry into the EU, the press effects a significant departure from the dominant British foreign policy traditions with respect to Turkey and the EU, which have highlighted considerations of material benefits. These arguments are pursued through a close analysis of how the British Press covered the attempted election of the country's next president in 2007 and the resulting conflict.

Статья представляет собой краткий обзор научных подходов к проблеме светскости, а также к решению данной проблемы различными государствами. Раскрывается содержание понятия светскости раскрывается как конституционно-правовой категории, обозначена актуальность данной проблематики для Российской Федерации, что обусловлено прежде всего неоднозначностью современной политикой российского государства и сложными социальными процессами в сфере взаимоотношений государства и религии. ; The article is a brief analytical review of existing approaches to the problem of secularism in scientific usage, as well as to address this issue by various States. The content of the concept of secularism is revealed as a constitutional-legal category, indicated the relevance of the stated concerns for the Russian Federation, which is due primarily controversial contemporary politics of the Russian state and the complex social processes in the sphere of relations between the state and religion.

The concept of civil-military relations in the Western countries has essentially evolved out of secularism and the separation of the civilian component from the military component of government, with the former acting as controllers and the latter as the subordinate professionals. In Islam, even the concept of separation has no place, since there is no background of secularism and no distinction between the military functionaries and civilian functionaries. An overwhelming majority of Muslim states consequently are military-ruled or military-dominated. The only ideology that seems to be popular and effective in Islamic countries is the Islamic ideology which, if anything, tends to be pro- military and excludes alternate ideologies from gaining ground. Thus, the trend of Islamic polities indicates a permanence of the past patterns of military domination and Islamic ideological support for military governments.

Laicite -- the principle of constitutional secularism -- is an important pillar of French republican thought. Under the Sarkozy presidency, it became a focal point in the discourse and policies of the UMP government, in its engagement with questions of integration, social cohesion and the broader politics of identity and belonging. In particular, laicite was increasingly understood as requiring French Muslims, in particular, to exercise discretion in the exercise of religious faith in public spaces. However, jurists and the Conseil d'Etat have continued to interpret it as a liberal principle of state neutrality, which imposes no restraint as such on private individuals. This article charts the expansionary interpretation of laicite in centre-right politics, over this period, in view of broader debates on national identity and social cohesion. Adapted from the source document.

This book comprises scholarly essays and creative works exploring the implications of Christian environmentalism through literary and cultural criticism. For scholars, researchers and upper-level students interested in the relationship between religion and environment, ethics, animal welfare, poetry, and post-secularism.