Secularism is an enactment transcending identity, not merely a doctrine.

Evidence

In an important sense, this transcendent mediation is secularism. Secularism is not simply an intellectual answer to a question about enduring social peace and toleration. It is an enactment by which a political medium (representation of citizenship) redefines and transcends particular and differentiating practices of the self that are articulated through class, gender, and religion. In contrast, the process of mediation enacted in “premodern” societies includes ways in which the state mediates local identities without aiming at transcendence. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 30 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Secularism is an enactment of transcendent identity, not an intellectual doctrine; Secularism is an enacted political mediation that transcends particularized identities — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 30; Secularism is best studied through bodily attitudes and sensory structures, not doctrine alone. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 78 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Secularism is an enacted political mediation that transcends particularized identities #corroborates (0.97) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 30