Faithful to Secularism : The Religious Politics of Democracy in Ireland, Senegal, and the Philippines.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Religion, Culture, and Public Life Series ; v.32 .
- Religion, Culture, and Public Life Series .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Benevolent Secularism: A Theory of the Religious Politics of Democracy -- 2. Secular Emergence in Ireland: Home Rule and Rome Rule? -- 3. Secular Evolution in Ireland: Religion and Post-Catholic Politics -- 4. Secular Emergence in Senegal: Laïcité in Translation -- 5. Secular Evolution in Senegal: Sopi and Institutional Change -- 6. Secular Emergence in the Philippines: Beyond the Malolos Stalemate -- 7. Secular Evolution in the Philippines: People Power and Pluralization -- Conclusion: The Future of Religion and Secular Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley develops the concept of "benevolent secularism" to describe institutions that combine a basic division of religion and state with extensive room for participation of religious actors in public life.