1. Introduction: religion as empowerment? / Werner Menski, Kyriaki Topidi
Part I. Religion AS law. 2. Islam as legal (dis)-empowerment: the dynamic interplay between Italian legal provisions and shariah-compliant norms / Federica Sona
3. South African women's legal experiences of Muslim personal law / Waheeda Amien
4. Decoding diversity: experiences with personal law in the lower courts of Maharashtra / Kalindi Kokal
5. When courts do not finish contentious causes: revisiting the value of religious laws in the Rainbow Nation / Dennis Bonginkosi Xulu
6. Shari'a deconstructed: a new definition of Islamic constitutionalism and its enforcement through positive law / Pietro Longo
Part II. Religion IN law. 7. Engaging religious laws, players and communities: confronting religious dis-empowerment / Amos Israel-Vleeschhouwer
8. Negotiating religious orthodoxy, state neutrality and religious freedom: the case of the Ahmadiyah controversy in post-Suharto Indonesia / Supriyanto Abdi
9. Must the infringement of women's rights within religions be tolerated? A Swiss perspective / Adrian Loretan
10. Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa: a practice that empowers or disempowers women? / Lauren Fielder
11. Tolerance of liberal values in Romania: anti-abortion strategies
between religious belief and civil society mobilisation / Bogdan Mihai Radu, Cosmina Paul
12. Public education and religious rights: a comparative analysis / Kyriaki Topidi
13. Conclusion: the normative dialogue between religion and law as a cultural endeavour: a plea for complexity and context / Kyriaki Topidi.