Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus - Hardcover

March, Andrew F.

 
9780195330960: Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 019533096X ISBN 13: 9780195330960
Publisher: OUP USA, 2009

Synopsis

Some argue that Muslims have no tradition of separation of church and state and therefore can't participate in secular, pluralist society. At the other extreme, some Muslims argue that it is the duty of all believers to resist western forms of government and to impose Islamic law. Andrew F. March demonstrates that there are very strong and authentically Islamic arguments for accepting the demands of citizenship in a liberal democracy, many of them found even in medieval works of Islamic jurisprudence. In fact, he shows, it is precisely the fact that Rawlsian political liberalism makes no claims to metaphysical truth that makes it appealing to Muslims.

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About the Author

Andrew F. March is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019533096X
ISBN 13 
9780195330960
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
360

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