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Rethinking Religious-Secular Distinction by Maria Fernanda Nogueira is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes recent scholarship that critiques the religious-secular distinction. Four main arguments are made: 1) The distinction is fluid and boundaries shift over time and contexts. 2) The meanings of "religious" and "secular" have changed historically. 3) It assumes a problematic binary opposition. 4) It relies on an unacceptable essentialism that freezes definitions. The author then analyzes these objections and argues that the problems stated are unclear - it is not evident who finds the d
- Author
- Maria Fernanda Nogueira
- Language
- EN