Powerful Illiberal Christian movements have upended liberal democracies in countries that were once seen as paradigms of secular governance. Ludger H. Vielhues-Bailey offers new insight into the foundations of these movements, demonstrating how they emerge from the contradictions at the intersection of secularism and democracy. No Separation examines recent conflicts that link national identity, religion, and sexuality: debates over Muslim veiling practices in Germany, same-sex marriage in France, and migration and abortion in the United States. Underlying these conflicts, Viefhues-Bailey shows, is the fundamental tension of democracy-who belongs to "the People." Connecting political theology, political philosophy, and the sociology of religion with gender and sexuality studies, this book is a deeply original analysis of the crisis of democracy and the limits of secularism.