Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies: The Historical Background
Chapter 2. Dueling Scriptures: The Political Theology of John Locke and the Democratization of Muslim Societies
Chapter 3. A Concise Anatomy of Secularism: Examining Its Linkages to Liberal Democracy
Chapter 4. Secularism and Its Discontents in Muslim Societies: Indigenizing the Separation between Religion and State
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Nader Hashemi is the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and an Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

Reviews

A timely and insightful contribution to a debate of great consequence for the Muslim world and the West, the book represents a weighty contribution to the question of Islam and democracy.
*Tauseef Ahmad Parray, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences.*

ambitious and well-researched volume ... an informed survey of the contemporary intellectual landscape and a convenient starting point for further reflection and debate.
*S Parvez Manzoor, Muslim World Book Review*