Does piety threaten secularism? In this post, Fernande Pool examines the recent Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) report on Islam in the Netherlands, challenging the implicit bias contained within its use of 'religion' and 'secularity'. In June 2018, the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) published a report titled ‘The religious experience of Muslims …
Let’s do away with the religion/secular divide
In the third and final piece in our series on "Religion, Secularism and Multiple Modernities in Europe", Professor of Secularization Studies, Herman Paul, argues that the religious/secular divide is unhelpful for thinking about the realities of human existence and should be done away with. Odd as it may sound for someone occupying a chair in …
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