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A post-secular world society

A new issue of the Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies is out. From Partecipazione e Conflitto, a special issue on Paths of Research in Religion and Politics. Erica J. Mannucci (UNIMIB): Crossing Boundaries: Cosmopolitanism, Secularism and Words in the Age of Revolutions. Josef Hien (Carlo Alberto): The Return of Religion? The Paradox of Faith-Based Welfare Provision in a Secular Age. Larry Cata Backer (Penn State): The Crisis of Secular Liberalism and the Constitutional State in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Rule of Law, and Democratic Organization of Religion Privileging States. Daniel Philpott (Notre Dame): The Religious Freedom Project: Religious Liberty, Democracy, and Societal Flourishing in Theory and Practice. Francois Boucher (UCL): Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience in Postsecular Societies. Brandy G. Robinson on religiosity in constitutions and the status of minority rights. Gregorio Bettiza (EUI) and Filippo Dionigi (LSE): How Do Religious Norms Diffuse? Institutional Translation and International Change in a Post-secular World Society. Christa Rautenbach (North-West): The Modern-Day Impact of Cultural and Religious Diversity: "Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies". Klaus Prettner and Holger Strulik (Gottingen): It's a Sin: Contraceptive Use, Religious Beliefs, and Long-Run Economic Development. Carl Mosk (Victoria): Refugees and Religion: The Anatomy of Religion Traps. Anthony Gill (UCLA): Religious Liberty and Economic Development: Exploring the Causal Connections. Matthew Isaacs (Brandeis): Does Religion Cause Violence? An Examination of Ethnic Mobilization, 1960-2012. Jerry A. Coyne on how the Catholic Church prefers medieval barbarism to modern abortion. The introduction to Religious Actors and International Law by Ioana Cismas. Conrad Hackett and Joseph Naylor on how many religions are heavily concentrated in one or two countries.