Diana Eck - The Civic Perspective: Citizens, Nations, and the Challenges of Religious Pluralism

Multireligious societies have long been a historical reality in some parts of the world. Today, however, there are many recently-multireligious societies, especially in the west, where people of different faiths live in close proximity and struggle with religious difference as citizens of a common society. What are the challenges to the common "we" in the context of religious difference? What does religious pluralism mean for nations with large majorities and insecure minorities? What do "nations" mean in a world in which the movement of people and ideas is constant, with migrations that are not one-way, but back-and-forth, as people participate in the life and aspirations of more than one society?

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[scottcraig77]

Yale University also gives some excellent lectures, if anyone is interested.

Some countries are in greater a degree of secularization more than others. The only way that a country/nation can be fair to its inhabitants is if the rule is a secular one, one where people are not afforded any benefits according to their religious views.

Steve Bruce in his 2011 works 'Secularization', gives a succinct account.

[thegreeensky]

great topics.. well discussed...

[felpaluche]

A different view of a different perspective

[socrates856]

Why are there no normal secularists? Just "ardent" ones, yet all other groups are described without the "ardent" prefix. I guess we have to add a brand, perhaps indicate grounds for rejection and marks of the "other". Pluralism with an asterisk.