Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy
Cover of the book Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy by , Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780231540735
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: December 22, 2015
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780231540735
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: December 22, 2015
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

Polarization between political religionists and militant secularists on both sides of the Atlantic is on the rise. Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges. It identifies which connections between religion and the state are compatible with the liberal, republican, and democratic principles of constitutional democracy and assesses the success of their implementation in the birthplace of political secularism: the United States and Western Europe.

Approaching this issue from philosophical, legal, historical, political, and sociological perspectives, the contributors wage a thorough defense of their project's theoretical and institutional legitimacy. Their work brings fresh insight to debates over the balance of human rights and religious freedom, the proper definition of a nonestablishment norm, and the relationship between sovereignty and legal pluralism. They discuss the genealogy of and tensions involving international legal rights to religious freedom, religious symbols in public spaces, religious arguments in public debates, the jurisdiction of religious authorities in personal law, and the dilemmas of religious accommodation in national constitutions and public policy when it violates international human rights agreements or liberal-democratic principles. If we profoundly rethink the concepts of religion and secularism, these thinkers argue, a principled adjudication of competing claims becomes possible.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Polarization between political religionists and militant secularists on both sides of the Atlantic is on the rise. Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges. It identifies which connections between religion and the state are compatible with the liberal, republican, and democratic principles of constitutional democracy and assesses the success of their implementation in the birthplace of political secularism: the United States and Western Europe.

Approaching this issue from philosophical, legal, historical, political, and sociological perspectives, the contributors wage a thorough defense of their project's theoretical and institutional legitimacy. Their work brings fresh insight to debates over the balance of human rights and religious freedom, the proper definition of a nonestablishment norm, and the relationship between sovereignty and legal pluralism. They discuss the genealogy of and tensions involving international legal rights to religious freedom, religious symbols in public spaces, religious arguments in public debates, the jurisdiction of religious authorities in personal law, and the dilemmas of religious accommodation in national constitutions and public policy when it violates international human rights agreements or liberal-democratic principles. If we profoundly rethink the concepts of religion and secularism, these thinkers argue, a principled adjudication of competing claims becomes possible.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book Eat This Book by
Cover of the book As Wide as the World Is Wise by
Cover of the book Breaking with the Past by
Cover of the book Confronting Injustice and Oppression by
Cover of the book Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery by
Cover of the book Italian Cuisine by
Cover of the book A Primer in Biological Data Analysis and Visualization Using R by
Cover of the book Adaptive Governance by
Cover of the book Voices of Negritude in Modernist Print by
Cover of the book Displacing the Divine by
Cover of the book The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost by
Cover of the book The Most Important Thing by
Cover of the book The Age of Sustainable Development by
Cover of the book What Matters? by
Cover of the book Psychology of a Superpower by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy