Religious deprivatization can be modern if it respects democratic institutions.

Evidence

Casanova’s book attempts to break out of this tautology in an interesting way. It argues that the deprivatization of religion is not a refutation of the thesis if it occurs in ways that are consistent with the basic requirements of modern society, including democratic government. In other words, although the privatization of religion within its own sphere is part of what has been meant by secularization, it is not essential to modernity. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 887

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Asad’s broader project of destabilizing linear secularization narratives; also resonates with Casanova’s actual book on public religions in the modern world. — connects to: Sacralized politics occurs in democracies too, giving constitutions and founders scripture-like status — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 82