Secularization as sacralization: religion and the formation of modern Chinese nationalism and nation-state, 1840-1939 by Tay, W

“…<p>This thesis investigates the nexus between religion and the formation of modern Chinese nationalism and nation-state. Recent scholarship has pointed out that the category “religion” is a crucial component of the secular project of modernization of the state and the enlightened elites outside the West. …”

Imaginary lines? 'Islam,' 'secularism,' and the politics of family law in Bangladesh by Shahid, TN

“…</p> <p>Inspired by studies of negotiations between state and civil society actors in bringing about changes in law, this study analyses the evolution of family laws for Muslims in Bangladesh, revealing a range of voices using such laws in their negotiations between competing notions of 'Islam' and 'secularism' and their role in governance. …”

A posture of protest? The search for Christian identity in a post-secular society: between secularised eschatology and a sacralisation of history by van der Tol, MDC, Rowley, M

Secularism: public space and visible diversity by Ramadan, T

“…Several factors, ranging from the role of the state, the nation, and public education, as well as to the management of “neutrality” and the exercise of proactivity, will prove essential in the consolidation of a secular and pluralistic society. …”

Indexing integration: hierarchies of belonging in secular Paris by Yount-André, C

Which societies provide a strong religious socialization context? Explanations beyond the effects of national religiosity by Müller, T, De Graaf, N, Schmidt, P

“…Previous research has shown that parents’ religiosity matters less for the transmission of religious beliefs in devout than in secular nations, implying smaller costs of religious socialization. …”

The organisation of the English secular church in the reign of Henry I by Brett, M, Brett, Martin

Islam, politics and secularism in Bangladesh : contesting the dominant narratives by Md Nazrul Islam, Md Saidul Islam

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Remaking the Mosaic: Religious Leaders and Secular Borders in the Colonial Levant by Henley, A

“Muscular” versus “Liberal” Secularism and the religious fundamentalist challenge in Singapore by Kumar Ramakrishna

“…It shows why events in 2009 and 2010 appear to suggest that the Singapore State may well be justified in continuing to consider religious fundamentalism as a potential threat to the social fabric of the nation. The essay then addresses two contending perspectives in coping with religious fundamentalism in Singapore, the so-called “Muscular Secularist” and “Liberal Secularist” views – the former favoured by the State and the latter reflecting the aspirations of some sections of civil society. …”
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Secularization versus religious revival in Eastern Europe: Church institutional resilience, state repression and divergent paths by Northmore-Ball, K, Evans, G

“…Using national sample surveys from the early 1990s to 2007 to examine the change in demographic predictors of religiosity, we show that Catholic and Orthodox countries are experiencing different trends, the first group displaying evidence of secularization and the second of revival, and that these two different trends are likely to derive from the legacies of state repression and the differing abilities of the churches to resist such repression. …”

Founding, forming and formulating a nation: the genesis and genealogies of modern Somali nationalism, 1887-1920 by Haji Abdullahi, M

“…The thesis traces the path of religious and secular individuals and institutions, as they foster a collective national consciousness. …”

Israel and the diaspora: problems of cognitive dissonance by Safran, W

“…Israel’s illusions are that it can be ‘like other nations’; that it can replicate in short order the civic nations that France and the United States became after many generations; and that it must ‘de-ethnicise’ and de-Judaise to become acceptable to its neighbours.…”

The United Nations Alliance of Civilisations and global justice by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…The United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) was established in 2005, following Islamist terrorist attacks in the USA, Spain, and the UK. …”
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The Big society's new public sphere? faith after community cohesion by Ahmad, Khairil Izamin

“…This will be done by exploring if and how the role of faith and faith communities will be reconfigured under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s Big Society project in the UK, in contrast to New Labour’s community cohesion initiative, vis-à-vis the former’s call for the reaffirmation of ‘British values’ at the national level. …”
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Missionary education, knowledge and north Indian society, c. 1880-1915 by Bellenoit, H, Bellenoit, H. J. A.

“…It considers the devaluation of the curriculum, investigates student hostels, Indian nationalism and their contribution to constructive nationalism. …”

Towards religious polarisation in post-industrial societies? Mutations and effects of religious commitment in North America, Europe and Oceania by Wilkins-Laflamme, S

“…More recently, evidence has been pointing towards a new development: one of a growing divide between the religious and the secular, or in other words of religious polarisation. …”

Can knowledge breed virtue? a philosophical discussion, with particular reference to the national education policy of Malaysia by Hall, V.

“…This paper examines one of the fundamental assumptions under- lying many education policies, particularly in developing countries with strong national (or other) ideologies. This assumption was formulated especially impressively by two of the Classical Greek philosophers - Socrates and Plato - and it is therefore referred to in this paper as The Socratic Principle.This principle is examined in a number of secular and religious forms and we then see Low it is entailed in Malaysia's Notional Education Policy. …”
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Shōbōdan: an ethnographic history of Japan's community fire brigades by Robertson, S, Stephen Dixon Robertson

“…This suggests both the tractability of civil society as an extra-statal sphere of institutionalized social organization as well as the inherent pluralism of its vernacular expression.…”

Enriching the soundscape and dancescape of Sabah through Sumazau by Hanafi Hussin, Judeth John Baptist, Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan

“…Through concerted efforts to promote indigenous nationalism, sumazau music and dance have also become iconic cultural elements of the Kadazan as well as that of Sabah’s identity.…”
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