The Rule of Law and the Rule of God

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. The Rule of Law and the Rule of God: An Introduction

   1. The Rule of Law and the Rule of God: An Introduction

      • Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Win-Chiat Lee, J. Wilson Parker

      Pages 1-11

3. Fundamental Concerns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. The Return of Political Theology

      • Mark Lilla

      Pages 15-29

   3. Monotheistic Faith and the Cosmopolitan Conscience

      • William Schweiker

      Pages 31-49

4. Limits in the Construction and Application of Free Exercise and Establishment Doctrine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Grappling with Neutrality and Liberty under the Religion Clauses

      • Frank S. Ravitch

      Pages 53-82

   3. A Unique Religious Exemption from Antidiscrimination Laws in the Case of Gays? Putting the Call for Exemptions for Those Who Discriminate against Married or Marrying Gays in Context

      • Michael Kent Curtis

      Pages 83-114

   4. Accommodation as Establishment: State Sponsorship of Religious Pilgrimages in Nigeria

      • Simeon O. Ilesanmi

      Pages 115-141

5. The Challenge of Islam

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Theocrats Living under Secular Law: An External Engagement with Islamic Legal Theory

      • Andrew F. March

      Pages 145-172

   3. The Just War Argument in Islam (Who’s Up? Who’s Down?)

      • John Kelsay

      Pages 173-187

   4. Veiled Women in the American Courtroom: Is the Niqab a Barrier to Justice?

      • Anita L. Allen

      Pages 189-205

   5. Terror(izing) the “Veil”: American Muslim Women Caught in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality

      • Sahar F. Aziz

      Pages 207-232

6. Concluding Thoughts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. Rules of Law and God: Liberal Democratic Reflections on Freedom, Equality, and Religion

      • Richard B. Miller

      Pages 235-251

   3. Postscript

      • J. Wilson Parker

      Pages 253-269

7. Back Matter

   Pages 271-284

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This book examines the competing regimes of law and religion an offers a multidisciplinary approach to demonstrate the global scope of their influence. It argues that the tension between these two institutions results from their disagreements about the kinds of rule that should govern human life and society, and from where they should be derived.

• Law
• Religion
• Rule
• Institution
• law
• laws
• religion and society

“This collection of essays … is one of the latest scholarly attempts to grapple with the questions arising from recent events and the trends that highlight the perennial issues of the seemingly competing regimes of the rule of God and the rule of modern civil law. … The book overall offers to readers a useful … contribution toward a liberal cosmopolitan perspective on the relationship of religious conviction and the liberal political order.” (Stephen Wolfe, Journal of Church and State, Vol. 58 (3), 2016)

"Conference proceedings rarely make good books, but this is the happy exception. Ilesanmi and his colleagues have brought together a scintillating set of papers that focus, for the most part, on those areas of actual and potential conflict between shari'a and the demands of liberal democracy. This is a rich interdisciplinary collection that is sure to surprise and illuminate all sides." - G. Scott Davis, Lewis T. Booker Professor of Religion and Ethics, University of Richmond, USA

Anita L. Allen, University of Pennsylvania, USA Sahar F. Aziz Sahar Aziz, Texas A&M University School of Law, USA Michael Kent Curtis, Wake Forest University School of Law, USA Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Wake Forest University, USA John Kelsay, Florida State University in Tallahassee, USA Win-chiat Lee, Wake Forest University, USA Mark Lilla, Columbia University, USA Andrew F. March, Yale University, USA Richard Miller, University of Chicago Divinity School, USA J. Wilson Parker, Wake Forest University School of Law, USA Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University College of Law, USA William Schweiker, University of Chicago, USA

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