Hagia Sophia As Mosque Or Museum: Religion In A Post-Secular World – Analysis

Turkey’s decision to reinstate Hagia Sophia as a mosque, while relating to internal Turkish political dynamics, is symptomatic of a wider dispute between conceptions of religion and secularism.

By Paul Hedges*

Hagia Sophia, once Christendom’s greatest church, then a mosque under the Ottomans, before becoming a museum in...