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Book SynopsisNine major scholars of philosophy, religion, law, ethics, history, anthropology, and politics consider the fate of Western secularism in modern global societies. Extending Charles Taylor's
A Secular Age, this anthology explores the transformation of Western secularism beyond Europe, and the collection closes with Taylor's response to each essay.
Trade ReviewIn counterpoint to Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, a stellar list of contributors offer a diverse range of critical perspectives exploring the ways in which the secular and secularism are translated and transformed as they travel beyond Latin Christendom: from China to India, from the Mexican Revolution to Sufi brotherhoods in Senegal. There is no comparable collection, as challenging and rewarding for expert and educated public alike. -- Jose Casanova, Georgetown University Beyond the Secular West is a distinguished and important set of essays that responds to A Secular Age with critical, broad-ranging, and sympathetic intelligence. The contributions hang together coherently despite the various regions and disciplinary orientations that they represent and richly illuminate the complexity of the issue of secularity as a global phenomenon with a long, diverse history. -- Uday Singh Mehta, CUNY Graduate Center This volume responds to Charles Taylor's A Secular Age. Framed with an introduction and responses by Charles Taylor, the essays explore how Taylor's work applies to cultures beyond Western Latin Christendom... Highly recommended. Choice
Table of ContentsPreface, by Akeel Bilgrami 1. Can Secularism Travel?, by Charles Taylor 2. The Sufi and the State, by Souleymane Bachir Diagne 3. The Individual and Collective Self-Liberation Model of Ustadh Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im 4. Creating Democratically Friendly Twin Tolerations Outside of Latin Christendom: Tunisia, by Alfred Stepan 5. Secularism and the Mexican Revolution, by Claudio Lomnitz 6. Is Confucianism Secular?, by Peter van der Veer 7. Disenchantment Deferred, by Sudipta Kaviraj 8. An Ancient Indian Secular Age?, by Rajeev Bhargava 9. Gandhi's Radicalism: An Interpretation, by Akeel Bilgrami 10. A Secular Age Outside Latin Christendom: Charles Taylor Responds, by Charles Taylor List of Contributors Index
