The Modern Is not Secular: Mapping the Idea of Secularism in the Works of Steve Bruce, Charles Taylor, and Talal Asad

Typologies of Secularism in China: Religion, Superstition, and Secularization

“…In response, scholars began to portray secularization as a process that is more dynamic and multifaceted than any linear, evolutionary conception can capture. 2 Charles Taylor, for one, distinguishes three models of secularity: a secularization of public spaces, a decline of religion, and a commitment to privatization of religion wherein the belief in God now becomes one "possibility among others." 3 Taylor argues that, despite the interconnection between modernity and secularization, it is impossible to predict whether or not religion will become completely obsolete: the ultimate question is which religions are weakening, or strengthening.…”