Secularism, Sovereignty, indeterminacy: Is Egypt a secular or a religious state?

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-523

  Agrama, Hussein Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; PARADIGM SHIFT; POLITICS; RELIGION; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE ROLE;

EGYPT;

EID: 77956104600     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417510000289     Document Type: Review

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