Contemporary democracy and the sacred: rights, religion and ideology

Debates on the impact of religious traditions upon secular politics have raged throughout the last century and continue today.

Exposing the ambiguity of secularity in political life, Jon Wittrock investigates the contemporary relevance of the scared beyond established religious communities and within wider civic society.

In the context of globalisation, characterised by the spread of capitalist commodification and new technologies of transportation and communication, determining the legitimacy of democratic nation-states is particularly urgent.