World religions and democracy
Masmoudi, Laith Kubba, Ladan Boroumand, Roya Boroumand.
Print Book, English, cop. 2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, cop. 2005
XXVI, 262 p. ; 23 cm.
9780801880803, 0801880807
1124042933
AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: A Conceptual FrameworkChapter 1. Religion, Democracy, and the "Twin Tolerations"Part II: Eastern ReligionsChapter 2. The Ironies of ConfucianismChapter 3. Confucianism and DemocracyChapter 4. Hinduism and Self-RuleChapter 5. Buddhism, Asian Values, and DemocracyChapter 6. Burma's Quest for DemocracyPart III: Judaism and Christianity Chapter 7. Judaism and Political LifeChapter 8. The Catholic WaveChapter 9. The Pioneering ProtestantsChapter 10. The Ambivalent OrthodoxChapter 11. Christianity: The Global PicturePart IV: IslamChapter 12. Muslims and DemocracyChapter 13. A Historical OverviewChapter 14. Two Visions of ReformationChapter 15. The Challenge of SecularizationChapter 16. The Sources of Enlightened Muslim ThoughtChapter 17. The Elusive ReformationChapter 18. The Silent MajorityChapter 19. Faith and Modernity Chapter 20. Terror, Islam, and DemocracyEpilogue: Does Democracy Need ReligionIndex