ISLAM, DEMOCRACY, AND THE LIMITS OF SECULAR CONCEPTUALITY
Recent years have seen a proliferation of academic and popular writings on the relationship among Islam, secularism, and democracy. Often, this topic is approached through the question of compatibility: Is Islam compatible or incompatible with secular democracy? Regardless of whether one answers thi...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 206-222 |
Further subjects: | B
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B Secular B Book review B Law B Democracy B Moderate Islam |
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Summary: | Recent years have seen a proliferation of academic and popular writings on the relationship among Islam, secularism, and democracy. Often, this topic is approached through the question of compatibility: Is Islam compatible or incompatible with secular democracy? Regardless of whether one answers this question with a yes or with a no, such an approach does little to help one in achieving a more nuanced understanding of Islam or secular democracy as discursive traditions. The two works under review here do not follow this pattern. Though distinct in their disciplinary persuasions and in their questions and objects of research, both works offer critical insights into the interaction between Islam and the conditions and structures of secular modernity. |
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ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2013.17 |