ABSTRACT
From a postcolonial standpoint, this chapter raises questions regarding where secularism has led the world. It considers the concern that secularization may not be the fix-all solution which it was thought to be many years ago and asks if postsecularism is another opportunity to salvage what is left of this concept and political practice. The chapter argues that the relationship of culture and religion as experienced in Nigeria and Kenya, and the political implications of distorting this nexus, means that we ought to look beyond the paradigm of the West. Thus, the case made in this chapter is that the nascent idea of postsecularism is a new possibility for the articulation of secularization as a cultural and political practice that goes beyond neutrality. I will draw insights from studies on religion and culture within the Nigerian context to argue this point and dispute Habermas’s understanding of postsecularism.
