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Problematise the concept of secularism in the present context.

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  • Religion and Society

Secularism is a political doctrine about how the state relates to religion; secularisation is a social process of religion losing significance. To problematise secularism is to ask whose model it is, what it assumes about religion, and whether it can govern religious politics today.

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  • The present Indian context
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