Secularisations and Their Debates Perspectives on the Return of Reli

This volume explores timely topics in contemporary political and social debates, including: the new atheisms, the debate between Habermas and the Pope on the fate of modernity, and the impact of new scientific developments on traditional religions.Th

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Matthew Sharpe Dylan Nickelson Editors

Secularisations and Their Debates Perspectives on the Return of Religion in the Contemporary West

Secularisations and Their Debates

Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures Series Editors Editor-in-Chief: Purushottama Bilimoria The University of Melbourne, Australia; University of California, Berkeley CA, USA Co-Editor: Andrew Irvine Maryville College, Maryville TN, USA Assistant to Editors Amy Rayner (Australia) Editorial Board Balbinder Bhogal (Hofstra University) Sheerah Bloor (University of Melbourne) Christopher Chapple (Loyola Marymount University) Vrinda Dalmia (University fo Hawaii at Honolulu) Gavin Flood (Oxford University) Jessica Frazier (Kent University) Kathleen Higgins (University of Texas at Austin) Morny Joy (Calgary University) Parimal Patil (Harvard University) Laurie Patton (Duke University) Joseph Prabhu (Cal State LA) Carool Kersten (King’s College, London) Richard King (University of Glascow) Arvind-Pal Mandair (University of Michigan) Rekha Nath (University of Alabama) Stephen Phillips (University of Texas at Austin) Annupama Rao (Columbia University) The Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures fosters critical and constructive engagement of the intellectual and philosophical dimensions – broadly construed – of religious and cultural traditions around the globe. The series invites innovative scholarship, including feminist, postmodern, and postcolonial approaches.

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Matthew Sharpe • Dylan Nickelson Editors

Secularisations and Their Debates Perspectives on the Return of Religion in the Contemporary West

Editors Matthew Sharpe Philosophy Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia

Dylan Nickelson Philosophy Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia

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