Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship

Geoffrey Brahm Levey is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies and founding Director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, UK.

'What, exactly, is liberal about passing restrictive policies designed to defend liberalism from the claims of religious populations? Nothing, is the answer given in this challenging and provocative book. In fact, many of the authors of these essays contend that European states have responded to the rise of Islam in their midst with a peculiar form of cultural and political sectarianism that has, at times, been glaringly illiberal. This book is sure to shape debate on a classic theoretical question that now resides at the heart of contemporary European politics.' Tim Byrnes, Colgate University

• Foreword: What is secularism? Charles Taylor; 1. Secularism and religion in a multicultural age Geoffrey Brahm Levey; Part I. Debating Secularism: 2. The shallow legitimacy of secular liberal orders: the case of early modern Brandenburg-Prussia Ian Hunter; 3. France on the knife-edge of religion: commemorating the centenary of the law of 9 December 1905 on the separation of church and state David Saunders; 4. Political secularism: why it is needed and what can be learnt from its Indian version Rajeev Bhargava; 5. Secularism, public reason or moderately agonistic democracy? Veit Bader; Part II. Secularism and Multicultural Citizenship: 6. Immigration and the new religious pluralism: a European/United States comparison José Casanova; 7. Muslims, religious equality and secularism Tariq Modood; 8. Contemporary politics of secularism S. Sayyid; 9. Muslims in the west and their attitudes to full participation in western societies: some reflections Abdullah Saeed; 10. Liberal democracy, multicultural citizenship and the Danish cartoon affair Geoffrey Brahm Levey and Tariq Modood.