In many Western societies, support for policies concerning the secularization of the
public sphere or the state often seems to be driven by secularized majority populations
considered to be largely homogeneous. In this article, by contrast, I draw on the
case of the Canadian province of Quebec to show that, as a fundamental element
of conflicts over secularism, secularist activism emerges from particular generational
dynamics, especially those of the so-called ‘baby boomers’. My main argument is that
while the baby boomers’ collective experiences have shaped their secularist outlook,
there are a variety of biographical trajectories and engagements with spirituality that
the public image of this generation tends to hide. The article is based on biographical
and ethnographic research carried out between 2012 and 2018.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:87397 |
| Date | 12 October 2023 |
| Creators | Burchardt, Marian |
| Publisher | SAGE |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10.1177/00377686221079699 |
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