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Religion and Secularity traces the history of the conceptual binary of religion and secularity in Europe and the repercussions it had in other regions and cultures of the Eurasian continent during the age of imperialism and beyond. Twelve authors from a wide range of disciplines, deal in their contributions with the trajectory, the concepts of „religion“ and „secularity/secularization“ took, as well as with the corresponding re-configurations of the religious field in a variety of cultures in Europe, the Near and Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. Taken together, these in-depth studies provide a broad comparative perspective on a penomenon that has been crucial for the development of globalized modernity and its regional interpretations.

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The book presents a wide range of empirical studies, with geographical and historical variability, aiming successfully at clarifying concepts and their fluctuating meanings. They add flesh to Asad's theories, in a perspective that is both broad geographically and rich historically, highlighting the wide diversity of approaches towards secularity. Carolina Ivanescu, Comparative Sociology Vol. 15 (2016), pp. 141-145.

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Marion Eggert, Dr. (1992, Munich, Sinology), is Professor of Korean Studies at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. She has published on Chinese and Korean poetry and poetics, dream culture, travel literature, and religious culture, especially the interaction between Confucianism and Christianity.       Lucian Hölscher, Dr. (1976, Heidelberg, Modern History), is Professor for Modern History at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He has published on past concepts of the future, the theory of history and the history of religion, including a History of Protestantism (Munich: Beck 2005).

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