Islam and Liberal Citizenship

Zusatztext As well as those in good governance generally, I recommend this excellent work for those studying political science, inter-religious relations, or Islamic studies, particularly at higher tertiary level. Informationen zum Autor Andrew F. March is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University Klappentext 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. In Islam and Liberal Citizenship, Andrew F. March is seeking to find a middle way between these poles. Zusammenfassung 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. In Islam and Liberal Citizenship, Andrew F. March is seeking to find a middle way between these poles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Moral Conflict, Political Liberalism, and Islamic Ethics Part I: Justificatory Comparative Political Theory: The Search for Overlapping Consensus through ''Conjecture,'' 1. Purposes: The Place of Justificatory Comparative Political Theory 2. Methods: The Ethics of Comparative Ethics Part II: Islam and Liberal Citizenship: Patterns of Moral Disagreement and Principled Reconciliation 3. Islamic Objections to Citizenship in Non-Muslim Liberal Democracies 4. Identifying Equilibrium: An Ideal-Typical Islamic Doctrine of Citizenship Part III: Islamic Affirmations of Liberal Citizenship 5. Residence in a Non-Muslim State 6. Loyalty to a Non-Muslim State 7. Recognition of Non-Muslims and Moral Pluralism 8. Solidarity with Non-Muslims Conclusion: Tradition and Creativity in Grounding Moral Obligation to Non-Muslims Notes Bibliography Index ...

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

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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. In Islam and Liberal Citizenship, Andrew F. March is seeking to find a middle way between these poles.

Contenu

• Introduction: Moral Conflict, Political Liberalism, and Islamic Ethics

• Part I: Justificatory Comparative Political Theory: The Search for Overlapping Consensus through ''Conjecture,''

• 1. Purposes: The Place of Justificatory Comparative Political Theory
• 2. Methods: The Ethics of Comparative Ethics

• Part II: Islam and Liberal Citizenship: Patterns of Moral Disagreement and Principled Reconciliation

• 3. Islamic Objections to Citizenship in Non-Muslim Liberal Democracies
• 4. Identifying Equilibrium: An Ideal-Typical Islamic Doctrine of Citizenship

• Part III: Islamic Affirmations of Liberal Citizenship

• 5. Residence in a Non-Muslim State
• 6. Loyalty to a Non-Muslim State
• 7. Recognition of Non-Muslims and Moral Pluralism
• 8. Solidarity with Non-Muslims

• Conclusion: Tradition and Creativity in Grounding Moral Obligation to Non-Muslims

• Notes

• Bibliography

• Index