Rise of French Laïcité : French secularism from the reformation to the twenty-first century

Americans are often baffled by France's general indifference to religion and laws forbidding religious symbols in public schools, full-face veils in public places, and even the interdiction of burkinis on French beaches. An understanding of laïcité provides insight in beginning to understand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Stephen M.
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: EUGENE : PICKWICK PUBLICATIONS, 2020.
Series:Evangelical Missiological Society monograph series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Laïcité and the Religious Question
  • Reformation and Incipient Laïcité
  • Nineteenth-Century Revival of Republicanism
  • Foundational Documents and Political Debates on Laïcité
  • Laïcité in the Twentieth Century
  • Twenty-First-Century Challenges to Laïcité
  • Conclusion and Implications for Gospel Ministry
  • Bibliography