Sociologies and the discursive power of religions (original) (raw)

This is a book about societies in different world regions that strive for secularism on the one hand, and yet on the other hand may blend their most revered scientific rationalities with not only their pressing moral concerns, but also their most deeply held beliefs. The book offers no prescription for disentangling these apparently incompatible ways of knowing, it instead invites readers to challenge the accepted narratives, and to re-think the taken-for-granted secularism of the social sciences.