This book engages critically with the different models and approaches for managing religion adopted in Europe, Asia and Oceania. A truly intercontinental volume, this collection brings together high level scholarship from renowned scholars and rising stars in the fields of political theory, Islamic studies, sociology and law.

Notes on Editors Notes on Contributors 1. Religion and Religious Diversity Challenges TodayAnna Triandafyllidou and Tariq Modood Part I The Governance of Religious Diversity: Freedom of Religion or Freedom from Religion 2. Nation and Religion: Dangerous Liaisons Anna Triandafyllidou 3. Multiculturalism and Moderate SecularismTariq Modood 4. Living with Religious Diversity: The Limits of the Secular Paradigm Gurpreet Mahajan 5. Secularism: Public Space and Visible Diversity Tariq Ramadan 6. Freedom of Religion in Europe: Finding the Golden Mean between Too Little and Too Much Protection Marie-Claire Foblets Part II The Governance of Religious Diversity in the Public Space: Perspectives from Asia and the Middle East 7. The Governance of Religious Diversity in the Public Space: Indonesia in Comparative PerspectiveAlfred Stepan 8. The Governance of Religious Diversity in Malaysia: Islam in a Secular State or Secularism in an Islamic State? Zawawi Ibrahim and Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid 9. Secularism and Multiculturalism in India:Some Reflections Rochana Bajpai 10. Secularism as Proto-Multiculturalism: The Case of Australia Geoffrey Brahm Levey 11. The Monopoly of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel and Its Effects on the Governance of Religious Diversity Raphael Cohen-Almagor 12. Secularism as a Double-Edged Sword? State Regulation of Religion in Turkey Haldun Gülalp Part III Afterword Four Dogmas or Heresies in the Discussion of Secularism and Religion Joseph H. H. Weiler Rethinking Secularism Bhikhu Parekh Index