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The militant strain : an analysis of anti-secular discourse in Britain
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Kettell, Steven (2015) The militant strain : an analysis of anti-secular discourse in Britain. Political Studies, 63 (3). pp. 512-528. doi:10.1111/1467-9248.12119 ISSN 0032-3217.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12119
Abstract
Issues about the relationship between the religious and the secular have become increasingly prominent in recent years. In Britain, one of the central themes around this topic has been the emergence and propagation by leading religious and political figures of a concerted anti-secular discourse. This warns of the dangers posed by a militant, aggressive and intolerant form of secularism which is said to be driven by an ideological desire to force religion out of the public square, representing a clear threat to religious freedoms and social morality. This discourse has been shaped by a number of interrelated causal dynamics, but the religious and political influences involved differ substantially. Respectively, these relate to ongoing processes of secularisation and the increasing use of identity politics, set against the changing capacities of the British state and the electoral considerations of the Conservative Party.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Religion -- Discourse analysis -- Great Britain, Secularism -- Discourse analysis -- Great Britain, Identity politics -- Discourse analysis -- Great Britain, Conservative Party (Great Britain) -- Discourse analysis, Religion -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Politics -- Religious aspects -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Political Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0032-3217 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 63 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 512-528 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9248.12119 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 January 2016 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 February 2016 |
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