152 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Having survived the process of modernization and reasserted themselves in public life, religious traditions play an increasingly important public role in shaping and defining social institutions and interactions.
This book examines Rawls’s theory of political liberalism in the context of Muslim societies, where religion wields a significant social and political influence. Contrasting a... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Idea of Political Liberalism 3. Political Liberalism and Islam 4. Political Liberalism in Muslim Societies 5. Tolerating Religion 6. Religion and Impartiality of the State 7. Conclusion
Biography
Fevzi Bilgin is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He received his doctorate from University of Pittsburgh in 2004 and has since published a number of essays on political liberalism, constitutional politics, and religion and politics in Turkey and the Middle East.
