Carol A. Ferrara is Assistant Professor at Emerson College, USA.

“In this comparative ethnography, Ferrara provides a sharp and thoughtful intervention into the complexities of laicité and secularism. Building off of Leopold Senghor’s notion of francité, or Frenchness, she illustrates how Muslims are excluded, yet Catholics are included in a ‘secular’ France.”

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Imbricated Histories Of (Non)Belonging: Christendom, Colonialism, and The Construction Of Modern Francité 2. All Roads Lead To Rome?: Interfaith Initiatives In Secular France 3. Resilience Despite Division: Negotiating French Catholic Identity, Modernity, and Plurality 4. Finding the Straight Path: Negotiating Plurality Within and around French Islam 5. Transmitting Faith In The Republic: Learning To Be French In Muslim Schools6. Quintessentially Catholic…and French: Majoritarianism and The Traditionalist French Catholic Minority ConclusionReferences Index

Carol A. Ferrara is Assistant Professor at Emerson College, USA.

“In this comparative ethnography, Ferrara provides a sharp and thoughtful intervention into the complexities of laicité and secularism. Building off of Leopold Senghor’s notion of francité, or Frenchness, she illustrates how Muslims are excluded, yet Catholics are included in a ‘secular’ France.”

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Imbricated Histories Of (Non)Belonging: Christendom, Colonialism, and The Construction Of Modern Francité 2. All Roads Lead To Rome?: Interfaith Initiatives In Secular France 3. Resilience Despite Division: Negotiating French Catholic Identity, Modernity, and Plurality 4. Finding the Straight Path: Negotiating Plurality Within and around French Islam 5. Transmitting Faith In The Republic: Learning To Be French In Muslim Schools6. Quintessentially Catholic…and French: Majoritarianism and The Traditionalist French Catholic Minority ConclusionReferences Index

Carol A. Ferrara is Assistant Professor at Emerson College, USA.

“In this comparative ethnography, Ferrara provides a sharp and thoughtful intervention into the complexities of laicité and secularism. Building off of Leopold Senghor’s notion of francité, or Frenchness, she illustrates how Muslims are excluded, yet Catholics are included in a ‘secular’ France.”

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Imbricated Histories Of (Non)Belonging: Christendom, Colonialism, and The Construction Of Modern Francité 2. All Roads Lead To Rome?: Interfaith Initiatives In Secular France 3. Resilience Despite Division: Negotiating French Catholic Identity, Modernity, and Plurality 4. Finding the Straight Path: Negotiating Plurality Within and around French Islam 5. Transmitting Faith In The Republic: Learning To Be French In Muslim Schools6. Quintessentially Catholic…and French: Majoritarianism and The Traditionalist French Catholic Minority ConclusionReferences Index