Diversities and dynamics in the governance of religion: inter-regional comparative themes

Sealy, Thomas; Modood, Tariq

doi:10.1080/09637494.2022.2132079

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“…This first point relates essentially to the tension between the universal character of the neutrality principle, as framed in the Convention, and the not-so-universal interpretations given by each particular democracy. Although the notion of state religious neutrality can legitimately be derived from the rights and ideals enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (Ringelheim 2017) whereby states are under the obligation to ensure that the principle of state neutrality vis-à-vis religion and belief is respected, in reality, as shown by different scholars in Europe, there are many different interpretations of what neutrality means since the relationship between state and religion is constructed and understood differently in different European democracies (Smet 2022;Robbers 2004;Sealy and Modood 2022).…”

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A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies: Exploring the Interplay of Human Rights, Religious Identity, and Inclusive Governance in Western Societies

Sajir

2023

Religions

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This article delves into the pressing challenges confronting liberal democracies in Western Europe as they grapple with managing religious diversity, with a specific focus on Muslim minorities. Historically, the secularization paradigm has been at the forefront of managing such diversity; however, its intrinsic limitations become increasingly evident in the context of super-diversity, underscoring the need for a paradigmatic shift toward post-secularization. Central to this discourse are the nuanced concepts of “culturalization of religion” and “religionization of culture”, which illuminate the disparities in treatment between majority and minority religious groups. The article identifies three endogenous limitations intrinsic to liberal democracies: the contested nature of state neutrality vis-à-vis religion and belief, the implementation of this principle through non-neutral judicial tools, and the historically and culturally laden context within which the principle of neutrality is enacted. Drawing on the seminal contributions of Jürgen Habermas to post-secularization theory, the article posits that fostering genuine inclusivity and pluralism in managing religious diversity necessitates a departure from the rigid division between the religious and the secular. Instead, it calls for an acknowledgment of the dialogical relationship between the religious and secular dimensions as they manifest in the public sphere by religious minorities.

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A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies: Exploring the Interplay of Human Rights, Religious Identity, and Inclusive Governance in Western Societies

Sajir

2023

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“…Whilst Gülalp defends what he calls “classical secularism”, what I call radical or statist secularism, I defend moderate secularism, one of the most common forms of secularism across Europe today, though more in some countries than others (Sealy and Modood, 2022 ). While religious organizations should respect that the state has its own raison d'etre and should not be subordinated to religion, in moderate secularism the state does not confine religion to a restricted private space if religion can contribute to the public good, just as the state supports economic organizations, public broadcasting, cultural and sporting institutions, science, universities and so on, while respecting (at least in liberal democracies) their relative autonomy (Modood, 2019 ).…”

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Commentary: Debating secularism: a liberal cosmopolitan perspective

Modood

2023

Front. Sociol.

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Differentiated secularism: discourse shaping of immigrants from different religious backgrounds in the French media

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Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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This paper examines the mechanisms of differentiated discursive disciplining for immigrants of different religious backgrounds in the French media. Based on a sample of 120 articles on immigration in the French mainstream media, textual analyses and comparisons were conducted. Results show that influenced by religious factors, the French media use secularism as a tool to portray completely different images of immigrants through different discursive logics. Muslim immigrants present a paradoxically biased negative image in the French media discourse as a collection of invaders and the disciplined. In contrast, the media image of Ukrainian immigrants of Orthodox Christian background is positive on the whole, with a certain degree of deliberateness in the details of its construction. The difference in the symbolic characterization between Catholicism and Islam enables the exclusionary media discourse against Muslim immigrants. The paper also discusses French media discourse flaws and policy dilemmas. The logic of French media discourse is paradoxical in its inability to maintain an intact secularist identification and to effectively influence political issues to the detriment of promoting immigrant integration.

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Diversities and dynamics in the governance of religion: inter-regional comparative themes

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies: Exploring the Interplay of Human Rights, Religious Identity, and Inclusive Governance in Western Societies

A Post-Secular Approach to Managing Diversity in Liberal Democracies: Exploring the Interplay of Human Rights, Religious Identity, and Inclusive Governance in Western Societies

Commentary: Debating secularism: a liberal cosmopolitan perspective

Differentiated secularism: discourse shaping of immigrants from different religious backgrounds in the French media

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