This volume explores the dynamic life of religion and politics in France. The separation of church and state and the autonomy of school education from religion

This book examines the thought of Abdennour Bidar, MalekChebel, Leïla Babès, AbdelwahabMeddeb and Dounia Bouzar. In doing so it investigates how these five fi

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of women’s rights. Selby argu

Challenging the master narrative of secularization, an exploration of the persistent influence of religious categories in the cultural landscape of Europe's fir

Comparing policy in America, France, and Turkey, this book analyzes the impact of ideological struggles on public policies toward religion.