RELG 271 Final: Lecture 5

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 271
• Professor: Jon Waind

Document Summary

Lecture 5 wednesday, september 17, 2015 secularism. 1 recap from previous lecture / defining the secular. Secularization as separation: some of this is specific to the west. More difficult to arrive at this separation in other states . Muslim/sharia law: three ways of talking about secularity. Displacement: being able to engage in politics without ever encountering god. Decline: falling out of religious practice, turning away from god, no longer going to church. Some people would argue they are not turning their back on god but engaging with god in different ways. Differentiation: end of the area of na ve religious belief, live in the age of pluralism: secularism: two models. Rigid model [french model]: control over religion ie: laicite. Diversity model: open secularism, focus off religion but on diversity. Instead of controlling religion, for taylor this is more a management of diversity. Purposes or values pursued by secularism [ends: 1.