FROM SECULARISM TO POST-SECULARITY: MODELS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE RELIGIOUS AND THE SECULAR IN MODERN SOCIETY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47390/SPR1342V6I4Y2026N38Keywords:
secularization; post-secularity; laïcité; Anglo-Saxon model; de-privatization of religion; Habermas; Taylor; religion and the public sphere.Abstract
The article examines the intellectual transition from classical secularism of the modern era to postsecular
forms of religious–secular interaction in the 21st century. Drawing on the works of C. Taylor, H. Cox, B.
Anderson, J. Habermas, H. de Vries and J. Casanova, it analyzes key concepts describing the transformation of
religion under modernization, globalization and cultural pluralism. A comparative analysis is offered of national
models of secularism — French laïcité, the Anglo-Saxon model, and the Soviet tradition of state atheism. The study
explores the formation of the post-secular condition, characterized by the return of religion to the public sphere,
the strengthening of its social role and the emergence of hybrid institutional regimes.
It is argued that post-secularity does not replace the achievements of modernity but complements them with new
forms of dialogue, cooperation and normative synthesis. The findings are relevant for understanding
contemporary religion–state relations and for analyzing societies in search of balanced models of secularism.
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