How can Islam and democracy be reconciled? How can the United States sponsor emerging Islamic democrats without appeasing radicals and terrorists? Can we responsibly remain allies with stable but repressive Arab regimes, chaotic emerging democracies, and Israel as well? After Ji…
This title examines the recent Arab uprisings and the democratic process in the Muslim world, while also analysing the larger relationship between religion and politics. The text applies a 21st-century perspective to the question of whether or not Islam is 'compatible' with demo…
This title examines the recent Arab uprisings and the democratic process in the Muslim world, while also analysing the larger relationship between religion and politics. The text applies a 21st-century perspective to the question of whether or not Islam is 'compatible' with demo…
The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. InIslam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority socie…
The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. InIslam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority socie…
How can religion contribute to democracy in a secular age? What can the millennia-old Catholic tradition say to Church-state controversies in the United States and globally? This volume, sponsored by the inter-disciplinary Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the Universit…
How can religion contribute to democracy in a secular age? What can the millennia-old Catholic tradition say to Church-state controversies in the United States and globally? This volume, sponsored by the inter-disciplinary Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the Universit…
Based largely on research conducted in Nigeria, and to a lesser extent on other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, this book points to qualitative data (i.e. narrative accounts of events and in-depth interviews) and quantitative data (i.e. mass survey research) to suggest that Christi…