Title:
The Hidden Dimension of the Secular: Rethinking Humanism in an Age of Religious Revitalism
Authors:
Manschot, H.
,
Suransky, C.
Place:
The Hague [etc.]
Publisher:
Hivos [etc.]
Year:
2009
Series Title:
Pluralism Working Paper
Serial number:
2
PAGE:
21
ISSN:
1879-7172
Language:
eng
Subject:
Culture, Society and Religion
Keywords:
civil society
,
religion
,
disability
Note:
With modernity heavily in dispute, modern humanism too seems challenged to rethink its own relationship with modernity. The authors argue that this is particularly so in terms of the separation of church and state and with regard to the incongruity of the secular and the religious, something that modern mainstream humanism so far has considered to be fundamental for modern societies. Internationally, secular Humanism is often perceived to be anti-religious. The authors wish to rethink this position as they believe that by critically rethinking Humanism, the Humanist community could possibly contribute more constructively to the ongoing global debate on the question of the secular.
Organization:
Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS)
,
Kosmopolis Institute (University for Humanistics) (UvH)
,
The Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies at the Graduate School, Gadjah Mada University (CRCS UGM)
,
Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS)
,
Cross Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU)
Country:
India
,
Indonesia
Region:
South Asia
,
Southeast Asia
Category:
General
Right:
© 2009 Hivos [etc.]
Document type:
Report
File:
227457.pdf