@inbook{15fe039bc9c4402e92166b4387a7c5b5,
title = "The good, the bad, and the non-religion: The good/bad rhetoric in non-religion studies",
abstract = "This essay explores the {\textquoteleft}rhetoric of good and bad religion{\textquoteright} in regard to recent scholarship on {\textquoteleft}non-religion.{\textquoteright} Engaging with Aaron Hughes description of the ways in which this rhetoric is active in {\textquoteleft}Islamic Religious Studies,{\textquoteright} the author demonstrates that scholars writing on {\textquoteleft}non-religion{\textquoteright} equally make use of these tropes. He also argues that such rhetoric allows {\textquoteleft}religious{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}non-religious{\textquoteright} moderates to build alliances against anything that is seen to challenge the legitimacy of the liberal, secular state. The conclusion points out that the Christian assumptions perpetuated by non-religion studies and its tacit promotion of neoliberal values have to be critically reflected upon.",
author = "Christopher Cotter",
note = "Expected publication: July 2020",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "15",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781781797266",
series = "NAASR Working Papers",
publisher = "Equinox Publishing",
pages = "154--168",
editor = "{Dorrough Smith}, {Leslie } and F{\"u}hrding, {Steffen } and Hermann, {Adrian }",
booktitle = "Hijacked",
}