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Nachrichten über das Herstellen von Klonen oder Hybriden lassen menschliches Leben als verfügbar erscheinen. Viele Menschen empfinden das als unangemessen - nicht zuletzt, weil dabei Fragen nach dem Wesen des Menschen oder einem »guten Leben« nicht beantwortet werden. Kann die Religion hier Abhilfe schaffen? Oder ist jede religiöse Intervention im »säkularen« Staat mit tief greifenden Auswirkungen verbunden? Wie sich religiöse Akteure am öffentlichen Diskurs beteiligen, untersucht die Autorin anhand eines Ländervergleichs von Großbritannien und Irland.

From the Contents: Adivasi -- Colonial Perceptions of Tribal Religion -- Khasi Religion -- Medical System of the Khos -- Religion of Bharias -- Religion of the Ao Naga -- Religion of the Ho Tribe -- Religion of the Raika-Rebari -- Religion of the Sumi Naga -- Religion of the Tiwas -- Abhinavagupta -- Abortion (Hinduism) -- Acintya-bhedābheda-Tattva -- Adhikāra -- Adultery (Hinduism) -- Agastya -- Agrahāra -- Ahalyā, the Human Face of Sacred Infidelity -- Aitareya Brāhmaṇa -- Akka Mahādevī -- Alcohol (Use of) -- Alexander the Great -- Amṛtānanda Mayī Mā (Ammachi) -- Anandamarga (Ānandamārga) -- Appar -- Appayya Dīkṣita -- Arcāvatāra -- Ardhanārīśvara -- Arjuna -- Aryan [Āryan] -- Astronomy -- Aum -- Auroville -- Auspiciousness -- Avidyā -- Aśvamedha -- Babri Masjid (Bābarī Masjid) -- Bahuchara Mata (Deity of Transgenders) -- Basava -- Basham, A. L. -- Besant, Annie -- Bhandarkar, R.G -- Bharat Dharma Mahamandal -- Bhedābheda -- Bhoga -- Bhāgavata Purāṇa -- Bhārata Mātā -- Bhāravi -- Bhāskara -- Bhīma -- Bhīṣma -- Bioethics (Hinduism) -- Birth Control -- Brahma Kumaris -- Brahma Sūtras (Vedānta Sūtras) -- Brahman -- Brahmo Samaj -- Brahmotsava -- Brahmā -- Brāhmaṇa (Brahmin/Brahman) -- Brāhmaṇas -- Bādarāyaṇa -- Bāuls -- Caribbean and Central America, Hinduism in -- Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra -- China (Hinduism) -- Cilappatikāram (Śilappadigāram, Shilappadigaram) -- Cinema, Hindu Themes in -- Citamparam (Chidambaram) -- Dattātreya -- Daṇḍanīti -- Demon (Hinduism) -- Devīmāhātmya -- Dharma -- Dhyāna -- Dhṛtarāṣṭra -- Education, Hindu (Ancient, Classical, Modern, and Contemporary) -- Ekādaśī -- Environmentalism (Hinduism) -- Ganesh Chaturthi (Gaṇeśa Caturthī) -- Gaṅgeśa -- Gaṇeśa (Gaṇapati) -- God, Overview -- Hagiography -- Hanumān (Hanumant, Hanūman) -- Hariścandra -- Harivaṃśa -- Hastings, Warren -- Hijra (Hijaḍā) -- Himālaya -- Hindu Charitable Endowments -- Hindu Diaspora in Portugal: the Case of our Lady of Fatima Devotion -- Hindu Mahasabha -- Hinduism and Commercialization -- Hinduism in Africa -- Internet, Hinduism on -- Jajmānī System -- Janābāi -- Jones, William -- Jīva Gosvāmin -- Jīvanmukti -- Kaaval Katavul (Guarding Deities) -- Kaavu in Kerala (Sacred Groves in Kerala) -- Kabīr -- Kali -- Kane, P.V -- Kaurava -- Kaśmir Śaivism -- Kirtan in North America -- Krishnamurti, Jiddu -- Kriya Yoga -- Kumbha Mela -- Kuntī -- Liṅgāyata -- Loka -- Lokāyata -- Lāl Ded -- Līlā -- Madhusūdhana Sarasvatī -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- Mahā-vākya -- Mahābalipuram (Māmmalapuram) -- Mahābhārata -- Mantra -- Manuscripts (Hinduism) -- Mathematics -- Matrilineality (Hinduism) -- Maṇimēkalai -- Maṇipravāḷa -- Meaning (Hinduism) -- Medicine (Hinduism) -- Meditation (Hinduism) -- Megasthenes -- Menstruation: Pollutant to Potent -- Naiker, E.V. Ramaswami ("Periyar") -- Nambudiri -- Nammāḻvār -- Naraka -- Nathdwara -- Nationalism (Hinduism) -- Navagraha -- Navarātri -- Naṭarāja -- Neo Vedānta -- Nimbārka -- Nirukta -- Nivedita, Sister -- Nivṛtti -- Niyoga -- Numbers -- Nyāya (and Navya-Nyāya) -- Old Age -- Omniscience (Hinduism) -- Pallava Dynasty -- Periya Purāṇam -- Pilgrimage – Hinduism -- Poṅkal (Pongal) -- Prahlāda -- Prakṛti -- Pramāṇa -- Prapatti -- Prarthana Samaj -- Pratyabhijñā -- Prayaschitta -- Proverb (Hinduism) -- Psychological Method -- Reason (Hinduism) -- Rebirth (Hinduism) -- Relativity (Hinduism) -- Religious Tourism -- Rishikesh (Hṛṣīkeśa) -- Sahaja -- Saints, Overview -- Samādhi -- Sanskrit (Saṃskṛt) -- Sanskrit literature in Maharashtra folk art Keertan -- Sanskritization (Hinduism) -- Sat -- Sati (Suttee) -- Satyabhāmā -- Savarkar, Vinayak Damodhar ("Veer") -- Saṃnyāsa -- Science -- Scripture (Hinduism) -- Shamanism

One of the most resilient ideas about societal development after World War II was that nations would inevitably secularise as they modernised. However, as we come to the end of the ''secular'' twentieth century, it is obvious that religion continues to be an important factor in politics around the world. The author examines the continuing importance of religion, focusing upon the regions of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.