Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Philip J. Costopoulos -- A conceptual framework -- Religion, democracy, and the "twin tolerations" / Alfred Stepan -- Eastern religions -- The ironies of Confucianism / Hahm Chaibong -- Confucianism and democracy / Francis Fukuyama -- Hinduism and self-rule / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Buddhism, Asian values, and democracy / His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Burma's quest for democracy / Aung San Suu Kyi -- Judaism and Christianity -- Judaism and political life / Hillel Fradkin -- The Catholic wave / Daniel Philpott -- The pioneering Protestants / Robert D. Woodberry and Timothy S. Shah -- The ambivalent Orthodox / Elizabeth Prodromou -- Christianity: the global picture / Peter L. Berger -- Islam -- Muslims and democracy / Abdou Filali-Ansary -- A historical overview / Bernard Lewis -- Two visions of reformation / Robin Wright -- The challenge of secularization / Abdou Filali-Ansary -- The sources of enlightened Muslim thought / Abdou Filali-Anssary -- The elusive reformation / Abdelwahab El-Affendi -- The silenced majority / Radwan A. Masmoudi -- Faith and Modernity / Laith Kubba -- Terror, Islam, and democracy / Ladan Boroumand and Roya Boroumand -- Epilogue: does democracy need religion? / Hillel Fradkin.