Journal of Contemporary Studies on Religion and Science (JCSRS)
The Challenge of Religious Identity in the Post-Secular World
Document Type : Original Article
Abstract
Examining two prevailing realities of today’s social world—namely, the strong presence of religious identities alongside the widespread dominance of post-secular social thought—motivates this study to explore the challenges faced by religious identity in the post-secular era. The fundamental challenge lies in maintaining a religious identity, with its faith-based characteristics, within a diverse and socially constructed post-secular context. When religion is subordinated to the rules of convention and instrumental rationality, it risks losing its direct connection to its divine sources and doctrinal foundations. Key points of tension between religion—as a system claiming ultimate truth—and post-secularism include their divergent anthropologies centered on human responsibility, the essentialist and totalizing tendencies of religions, their teleological orientation, and the complex relationship between religious identity and social relations, which are characterized by both solidarity and otherness. The central challenge emerges when secular norms are prioritized over religious ones, reducing religious identity to a mere shell for other forms of social identity. Drawing on theoretical resources from postsecularism and Islamic religious sources, this study also addresses the critical issue of the truth-claiming nature of religions in their engagement with post-secular thought.
. (2025). The Challenge of Religious Identity in the Post-Secular World. Journal of Contemporary Studies on Religion and Science (JCSRS), 1(1), 203-214.
MLA
. "The Challenge of Religious Identity in the Post-Secular World", Journal of Contemporary Studies on Religion and Science (JCSRS), 1, 1, 2025, 203-214.
HARVARD
. (2025). 'The Challenge of Religious Identity in the Post-Secular World', Journal of Contemporary Studies on Religion and Science (JCSRS), 1(1), pp. 203-214.
CHICAGO
, "The Challenge of Religious Identity in the Post-Secular World," Journal of Contemporary Studies on Religion and Science (JCSRS), 1 1 (2025): 203-214,
VANCOUVER
. The Challenge of Religious Identity in the Post-Secular World. JCSRS. 2025;1(1):203-214.
