Religion and Secularity : Transformations and Transfers of Religious Discourses in Europe and Asia

Introduction / Lucian Hölscher And Marion Eggert -- The Influence Of Foreign Knowledge On Eighteenth Century European Secularism / Heiner Roetz -- The Religious And The Secular: Semantic Reconfigurations Of The Religious Field In Germany From The Eighteenth To The Twentieth Centuries / Lucian Hölscher -- The Origin Of The Concept Of Laïcité In Nineteenth Century France / Sylvie Le Grand -- Secularization, Re-enchantment, Or Something In Between? Methodical Considerations And Empirical Observations Concerning A Controversial Historical Idea / Volkhard Krech -- The Concepts Of 'religion' And 'secularism' In The Hebrew Language And Their Manifestations In Israel's Socio-political Dynamics / Yochi Fischer -- Laiklik And Its Introduction Into Public Discourse In Turkey / Anat Lapidot-firilla -- Civic Piety: Visions Of Secularity In Constitutional Iran / Nahid Mozaffari -- Equality In Hierarchy: Secularism And The Protection Of Religions In Sri Lanka / Sven Bretfeld -- Japanese Discoveries Of 'secularization' Abroad And At Home, 1870-1945 / Hans Martin Krämer -- Discursive Formations Surrounding 'religious Freedom' In Modern Japan: Religion, Shintō, The Emperor Institution / Jun'ichi Isomae -- Religionizing Confucianism And The Re-orientation Of Confucian Tradition In Modern China / Chen Hsi-yüan -- The Historical Formation Of The 'religious-secular' Dichotomy In Modern Korea / Jang Sukman. Edited By Marion Eggert And Lucian Hölscher. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.