Islam, M orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-4308 (2020) Understanding secularisation as indicating the process of the separation of the political and religious. The Arts Faculty Journal, 10. ISSN 1994-8891
Abstract
There is a normative position to designate secularisation thesis purely apolitical entity; and this article attempts to shed light on this mountain high debate to understand the extent to which secularisation can be called a complete separation of religious and political. This article argues that since both religion and politics are not completely apolitical entities, therefore the complete separation of secularisation thesis has not been achieved. Maintaining the historical differentiations and cultural contexts of different countries, this research says that secularisation is best to understand from contextual and localised perspectives. Secularisation thesis does not even need to be understood as a complete separation, instead it is a process to establish an inclusive society through establishing religious freedom for all. Besides, this research also contributed in epistemological realm through providing an alternative lens of studying secularisation and showed how this approach can help to study different genre of secularism practised in the USA, France and Bangladesh.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | |
Keywords: | Secularism, secularisation, religion, politics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2021 14:56 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2022 16:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Dhaka Faculty of Arts |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171820 |