Bruce J. Berman is a professor emeritus of political studies at Queen's University and was director of the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance project from 2006 to 2012. Rajeev Bhargava is a senior fellow at and director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi. André Laliberté is a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa.Contributors: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Lori G. Beaman, Peter Beyer, Paul Bramadat, Elinor Bray-Collins, Claude Couture, Anna Drake, Ahmet T. Kuru, Rinku Lamba, Manuel Litalien, David Seljak

• PrefaceIntroduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and André LalibertéPart 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev BhargavaPart 2: Secularisms in the West4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the "Clash" within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. KuruPart 3: Secularisms beyond the West8 State Intervention in the Reform of a "Religion of Rules": An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba9 Something Got Lost in Translation: From "Secularism" to "Separation between Politics and Religion" in Taiwan / André Laliberté10 The Changing State Monopoly on Religion and Secular Views in Thailand / Manuel Litalien11 State-Society Structures and the Frustration of Movements for Secular Reforms in Lebanon: Civil Marriage and Youth Activism / Elinor Bray-CollinsConclusion: Secularism, Religious Diversity, and Democratic Politic / Anna DrakeContributors; Index

Bruce J. Berman is a professor emeritus of political studies at Queen's University and was director of the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance project from 2006 to 2012. Rajeev Bhargava is a senior fellow at and director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi. André Laliberté is a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa.Contributors: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Lori G. Beaman, Peter Beyer, Paul Bramadat, Elinor Bray-Collins, Claude Couture, Anna Drake, Ahmet T. Kuru, Rinku Lamba, Manuel Litalien, David Seljak

• PrefaceIntroduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and André LalibertéPart 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev BhargavaPart 2: Secularisms in the West4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the "Clash" within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. KuruPart 3: Secularisms beyond the West8 State Intervention in the Reform of a "Religion of Rules": An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba9 Something Got Lost in Translation: From "Secularism" to "Separation between Politics and Religion" in Taiwan / André Laliberté10 The Changing State Monopoly on Religion and Secular Views in Thailand / Manuel Litalien11 State-Society Structures and the Frustration of Movements for Secular Reforms in Lebanon: Civil Marriage and Youth Activism / Elinor Bray-CollinsConclusion: Secularism, Religious Diversity, and Democratic Politic / Anna DrakeContributors; Index

Bruce J. Berman is a professor emeritus of political studies at Queen's University and was director of the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance project from 2006 to 2012. Rajeev Bhargava is a senior fellow at and director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi. André Laliberté is a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa.Contributors: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Lori G. Beaman, Peter Beyer, Paul Bramadat, Elinor Bray-Collins, Claude Couture, Anna Drake, Ahmet T. Kuru, Rinku Lamba, Manuel Litalien, David Seljak

• PrefaceIntroduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and André LalibertéPart 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev BhargavaPart 2: Secularisms in the West4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the "Clash" within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. KuruPart 3: Secularisms beyond the West8 State Intervention in the Reform of a "Religion of Rules": An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba9 Something Got Lost in Translation: From "Secularism" to "Separation between Politics and Religion" in Taiwan / André Laliberté10 The Changing State Monopoly on Religion and Secular Views in Thailand / Manuel Litalien11 State-Society Structures and the Frustration of Movements for Secular Reforms in Lebanon: Civil Marriage and Youth Activism / Elinor Bray-CollinsConclusion: Secularism, Religious Diversity, and Democratic Politic / Anna DrakeContributors; Index