ABSTRACT
Contemporary Western European and other predominantly ‘Western’ nations are (by and large) pluralist and (more or less) secular. It is of course difficult to regard nations such as Australia or the UK as entirely secular, because of the historical and ongoing relationship between Christian values and norms and the secular law and culture. At the same time, it may also be difficult to claim that we are genuinely pluralist, because of the clear predominance of those of Anglo-Celtic origins in the public sphere.
