Portier, Philippe edt Portier, Philippe oth Willaime, Jean-Paul edt Willaime, Jean-Paul oth text xx Taylor & Francis 2022 monographic eng 1 online resource This volume examines the perception of the French principle of laïcité or secularism and attempts to demonstrate to English-speaking readers that the configurations of the French model of laïcité are both more flexible and complex than they appear to be. Due to the diversification of France's religious landscape (notably with a Muslim minority estimated at 7% of the population) and some of the effects of Europeanisation, French secularism is being urged to shed its anti-religious tendencies and abandon a version of secularism conceived as an alternative to religion. The French Republic is not a secularist state but a secular state where secularism is conceived as a founding principle of pluralistic democracies. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Civil rights & citizenship Human rights Political science & theory Religious groups: social & cultural aspects Social & political philosophy Society & culture: general Laicity; laïcité; Fench Republic; secularism; Fremch Secularism; Religion in France; political secularism; Catholicism; Islam; French Catholicism; secularism; separation of Church and State; religion and politics 9781003178675 9781032003436 9781032014586 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81328 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81328 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 220512 20260305123945.0 doab81328