Some Thoughts on the State of Secularity in the Lowlands
According to Peter Berger, explaining European secularity, especially its contrast with the United States, is one of the most interesting topics for study. As an American expat and scholar of contemporary American literature, this essay will address my own intellectual curiosity about European s...
| Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2018]
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Christianity & literature
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KBD Benelux countries TK Recent history |
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Jürgen Habermas
B Secularity B Higher Education B depillarization B Laïcité B Secularization (Theology) B Europe B Religion B HABERMAS, Jurgen, 1929- B Netherlands B Belgium B Cultural Studies B Secularism |
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| Summary: | According to Peter Berger, explaining European secularity, especially its contrast with the United States, is one of the most interesting topics for study. As an American expat and scholar of contemporary American literature, this essay will address my own intellectual curiosity about European secularity: what kind of work it fosters and enables, and what it does not. In particular, I will focus on the pervasive secular progress narrative that continues to be protected and preserved in different academic departments at universities in Belgium and The Netherlands for various historical and cultural reasons, including those related to depillarization and laïcité. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117732545 |