Download or read book Post-Secularism, Realism and Utopia written by Jolyon Agar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the recent rise in post-secularism in the humanities and social sciences. Post-secularism is the proposition that the secular project begun by the Enlightenment has come to an end. If we define secularism as the historical process of increasing marginalisation of the religious from contributing to debates in the public sphere and the process of public policy formation then it is in crisis. This opens up the intriguing possibility that there may be opportunities for renewed debate about the nature of our "secular age" and the role of religion in modern society.