Rise of French Laicite: French Secularism from the Reformation to the Twenty-first Century
Stephen M. Davis (Pickwick Publications, 2020) Americans are often baffled by France’s general indifference to religion and laws forbidding religious symbols in public schools, full-face veils in public places, and even the interdiction of burkinis on French beaches. An understanding of laïcité provides insight in beginning to understand France and its people. Laïcité has been …