Marzouki Islam

An American Religion
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54392-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Religion, Culture, and Public Life

Nadia Marzouki investigates how Islam has become so contentious in American politics. She argues that public controversies over Islam in the United States primarily reflect the American public's profound divisions and ambivalence toward freedom of speech and the legitimacy of liberal secular democracy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marzouki, Nadia

Weitere Mitwirkende

Roy, Olivier

Delogu, C. Jon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Olivier Roy
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the American Edition: A Euro-American Debate Over Islam
Introduction
1. Muslim Americans: A Religious Minority Like Any Other?
2. The Mosque Controversies: Moral Offense and Religious Liberty
3. The Anti-Sharia Movement
4. The Face of Anti-Muslim Populism
5. Forcing the First Amendment: American Exporting of Religious Freedom
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nadia Marzouki is a research fellow at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in Paris. She is the coeditor, with Olivier Roy, of Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World (2013) and, with Duncan McDonnell and Olivier Roy, of Saving the People: How Populist Parties Hijack Religion (2016).