Religious Diversity in Post-Secular Societies

This book offers a multidisciplinary exploration of one of the defining characteristics of post-secular societies: religious diversity. Drawing from the sociology of religion, the sociology of migration, and related fields, it critically examines the interaction between religion, diversity, and secular governance, challenging conventional approaches to managing pluralism in contemporary contexts.

Organized into three sections, the book explores:

1. Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations: Establishing core frameworks for understanding post-secularization, pluralistic societies, and the intricate dynamics between religion and diversity.
2. Regulating Religion in Postsecular and Diverse Societies: Analyzing policy innovation, comparative case studies, and practical challenges in managing religious diversity within secular governance structures.
3. Navigating the Future: Prospects and Challenges of Diversity Governance in Post-Secular Contexts: Addressing emerging trends such as digital transformations, the politicization of religious identities, and the evolving role of religious traditions in fostering inclusivity and resilience.

Featuring contributions from leading scholars and emerging researchers, this volume provides a multidimensional perspective on debates spanning sociology, anthropology, law, and public policy. Through socio-historical examples and case studies, it examines pressing topics such as religious pluralism in secular governance, diversity management strategies, and the transformative impact of digital technologies on religious expression.

At its core, the book is framed by two key concepts: post-secularization and diversity. It reexamines religion s evolving role in secularized societies, taking religious plurality not the disappearance of religion as a starting point for exploring secularity. This work is an essential resource for students, researchers, educators, policymakers, and professionals seeking actionable insights into critical debates on religion, migration, diversity, and secular governance in today s globalized and digitalized world.

Chapter 1. Introduction. - Chapter 2. Beyond Secularisation: Exploring the Post-Secular through Non-Religion. - Chapter 3. Interrogating Religious, Sexuality, and Gender Identities in Post-Secular Societies. - Chapter 4. Navigating the Intersection: Exploring the Complexities of Gender, Sexuality, and Religion. - Chapter 5. Multiculturalism and the Post-secular: Dialogue and Translation. -Chapter 6. City Intercultural Post-secular Governance of Religious diversity: a Still Pending Debate. -Chapter 7. The Contribution of Religions to the Notion of Citizenship in the Framework of Globalization. -Chapter 8. The Religious Experience in the Metaverse: Shaping a new Digital Heaven. - Chapter 9. Multilevel Governance and Religious Pluralism in Germany. - Chapter 10. Europe s Secular Muslims, `Dissidents in a Post-Secular Society. - Chapter 11. Crèche Controversies: State Neutrality and Public Religious Displays in the US and Europe 181. Chapter 12. Christianity, Humanism, and Non-religion: The 2021 UK Census and Religious Education. - Chapter 13. Sanctuary Practices in Spain. Social and Religious Organisations in Defence of the Rights of Migrants and Refugees. - Chapter 14. Which Catholicism for Post-secular Society? : Insights from Church Discourse on Climate Change and LGBT Inclusion. - Chapter 15. Islamic Morality and Modern Society. History, Reason and Individual Autonomy. - Chapter 16. I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am Christian : religious polarization in the discourses of contemporary far-right politics. - Chapter 17. Interfaith Dialogue in Post-Secular Societies: Obstacles, Hopes, and Lessons from Jewish-Christian Dialogue. - Chapter 18. Romantic Liberalism, Spirituality, and the Populist Threat. - Chapter 19. Ecological Spirituality and Biodiversity: Religions in a Time of Mass Extinction. - Chapter 20. Agency Unveiled: The Interplay of Transcultural Capital and the Post-Secularisation Paradigm in the Lives of Muslim Migrant Descendants in Europe.