Through its inter-disciplinary and comparative approach, Contesting Secularism sets a new agenda for thinking about the place of religion in the public sphere of twenty-first century societies. It is essential reading for policymakers, as well as for scholars and students in political science, law, sociology and religious studies.
Anders Berg-Sørensen is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Dr Berg-Sørensen researches the relationship between religion and politics from the point of view of political theory and intellectual history, He is an experienced editor (five books in Danish and four special issues over the last twelve years) and has written broadly on secularism, religion and politics, and political ethics in both Danish and international publications.
Anders Berg-Sørensen, Rajeev Bhargava, Tariq Modood, Rosi Braidotti, Rogers M. Smith, Linda Woodhead, John R. Bowen, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Thomas Blom Hansen.