Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marranci, Gabriele (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series ; 1
• Subjects: Religion.; Political science.; Law.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Religion and culture.; Religious Studies.; Religious Studies, general.; Sociology of Culture.; Political Science.; Sociology, general.; Law, general.

Is Islam compatible with democracy and the West? How do Muslim communities understand the concept of the secular? How have contemporary Islamic scholars addressed the topic and why? How does living in a secularized context affect the everyday lives of Muslim women living in the west? What about the...