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The Oxford Companion To Secularism Provides A Timely Overview Of The New Multidisciplinary Field Of Secular Studies. This Field Involves Philosophy, The Humanities, Intellectual History, Political Theory, Law, International Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Education, Religious Studies, And Additional Disciplines, All Showing An Increasing Interest In The Multifaceted Phenomenon Known As Secularism. Conflicts And Debates Around The World More And More Frequently Involve Secularism. Introduction: The Study Of Secularism / Phil Zuckerman, John R. Shook -- Secularism In Turkey / Kenan Sevinc, Ralph W. Hood Jr., Thomas Coleman -- Secularization In Israel / Guy Ben-porat -- Secularism, State Neutrality, And Islam / Abdullah Saeed -- Secular Government In Sub-saharan Africa / Baffour K. Takyi -- Secularism In India / Vidhu Verma -- Soviet Atheism And Its Aftermath / Sonja Luehrmann -- Sacred, Secular, And Neo-sacred Governments In China And Taiwan / Cheng-tian Kuo -- Religion In The Public Sphere / Cristina Lafont -- The Liberal Betrayal Of Secularism / Shadia B. Drury -- Religious Freedom In A Secular Society / Roger Trigg -- Identifying (with) The Secular / Johannes Quack -- Communicative Reason And Religious Faith In Secular And Post-secular Contexts / Jacob Goodson -- Secularisms Or Liberal-democratic Constitutionalism / Veit Bader -- Multiculturalizing Secularism / Tariq Modood -- Secularisms Or Critique Of Religio-secularism / Yolande Jansen -- A Secular Critique Of Religious Ethics And Politics / Paul Cliteur -- Secular Education And Religion / James Arthur -- Secularism, Feminism And The Public Sphere / Niamh Reilly -- Secularism, Race, And Political Affiliation In America / Juhem Navarro-rivera, Yazmã¢in Garcã¢ia Trejo -- Black Infidels / Sikiyu Hutchinson -- Secularism And U.s. Religion Jurisprudence / Caroline Corbin -- Religious/non-religious Demography And Religion V. Science: A Global Perspective / Ariela Keysar -- Separating Church And State In America / David Niose -- Varieties Of Secular Experience / David Eller -- Secular Living / Jesse M. Smith -- Secular Prosociality And Well-being / Luke Galen -- Secularism And The Science Of Well-being / David Yaden, Jonathan Iwry, Emily Esfahani Smith, James O. Pawelski -- Secular Spirituality / Robert C. Fuller -- Nonreligious People In Religious Societies / Will M. Gervais, Maxine Najle -- The Challenge Of Leaving Religion And Becoming Secular / Marlene Winell -- Agency And Responsibility In A Natural World / Erik J. Wielenberg -- The Evolution Of Sociality, Helping And Morality / Dennis Krebs, Kaleda Denton -- Secularization And Its Consequences / Steve Bruce -- Ethics, Secular And Religious / John Teehan -- Secular Ethics, East And West / Sor-hoon Tan -- Secularism, Humanism, And Secular Humanism / Joseph Blankholm -- Humanism As A Positive Outcome Of Secularism / Joachim Duyndam -- Secularization, Bio-medical Technology And Life Extension / Brian S. Turner -- The Imagined War Between Secularism And Religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Political Secularism / Jacques Berlinerblau -- Political Secularism And Democracy In Theory And Practice / Jonathan Fox -- Anglo-american Secular Government / John Perry -- Secularism In France / Amã¢elie Barras. Edited By Phil Zuckerman And John R. Shook. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.