The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dean, Kenneth (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), van der Veer, Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Global Diversities,
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Ethnology.; Secularism.; Ethnology-Asia.; Religion and politics.; Sociology of Religion.; Social Anthropology.; Asian Culture.; Religion and Society.; Politics and Religion.

This innovative edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of modern secularism across Asia which contests and expands prevailing accounts that have predominantly focused on the West. Its authors highlight that terms like 'secular', 'secularization', and 'secularism...