The book contains articles of philosophers, theologians, and sociologists from 20 countries in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia. They describe the status of religions in different cultures and states and formulate the norms and conditions of the presence of religion in public spheres from different perspectives. There has been religious revival and a worldwide process of subjectivization and immanentization of the traditional institutional religions. This book raises questions that are particularly significant to the present-day social, cultural and political practice in a global dimension. It is intended as a companion volume for all those who combine their academic research with wider interests in the promotion of freedom and tolerance.

Tadeusz Buksi?ski holds the chair of Social and Political Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and is Head of the Department of Philosophy. He has published several books and numerous articles on democracy in Western and Post-communist countries, morality in Post-communist countries, and the philosophy of history.