Formations of the secular : Christianity, Islam, modernity /
Talal Asad.
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.
- 269 p. ; 23 cm.
- Cultural memory in the present .
Includes bibliographical references and index. TB1316/2 GBP 20.99
What might an anthropology of secularism look like? -- Thinking about agency and pain -- Reflections on cruelty and torture -- Redeeming the "human" through human rights -- Muslims as a "religious minority" in Europe -- Secularism, nation state, religion -- Reconfigurations of law and ethics in colonial Egypt.
0804747687 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780804747684
Secularism. Islam and politics. Christianity and politics.