Meaning of Religious Freedom

Modern Politics and the Democratic Resolution

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

AvFranklin I. Gamwell,Franklin I Gamwell

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The most thorough philosophical analysis available of the principle of religious freedom. It draws on the thought of philosophers and political theorists (Rawls, Habermas, Murray, Rorty, Greenawalt, and Mead) rather than on the framers of the Constitution and the Bill of RightsThe endorsement of religious freedom in the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States represents a modern revolution in the relation between politics and religion. In American politics there has been continual disagreement about the meaning of this constitutional principle, and widely-held views of religious freedom include much philosophical confusion. This book shows how a plurality of religious convictions can be politically united only by a free debate among different religious convictions.The author demonstrates that religious freedom is a coherent political principle, and that this principle is the defining democratic commitment because all other political principles should be subject to assessment by the same free debate characterizing religious freedom. This book identifies the meaning of an authentically democratic constitution and the civility required of democratic citizens.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-02-03
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt517 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Religious Studies
Antal sidor251
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791423899

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Preface Part 1. The Modern Political Problematic 1. Introduction2. The Terms of the Problematic Human ActivityReligion and PoliticsThe Present Purpose Part 2. Nonrational Resolutions 3. The Privatist View: John Rawls Religious Freedom and the Political Conception of JusticeThe Privatist View: A Critique 4. The Partisan View: John Courtney Murray Religious Freedom and Articles of PeaceThe Partisan View: A Critique 5. The Pluralist View: Kent Greenawalt Religious Freedom and the Reliance of CitizensThe Pluralist View: A Critique Part 3. The Public View 6. The Enlightenment Rationale: Sidney E. Mead The Essentials of ReligionThe Conflict of Opinions 7. The Rationality of Comprehensive Convictions The Necessity of Comprehensive ConvictionsThe Full DebateThe First Amendment Part 4. The Democratic Resolution 8. Religious Freedom and Democratic Discourse Political Discourse and Democratic DiscoursePolitical Discourse and Democratic ConstitutionPolitical Discourse and Practical Politics 9. Religious Freedom and Democratic Civility Religious Adherence and Democratic DecisionReligious Adherence and the Democratic ConstitutionReligious Adherence and Democratic Civility Epilogue: Religion and Modernity Appendix: On the Comprehensive Order of ReflectionHuman Activity and the Comprehensive QuestionThe Criterion of Comprehensive Reflection Works Cited Index

"It is the most thorough theoretical examination of the subject that is available today. The author takes up the best, most reliable interpretations of the issues with which he is dealing, compares and contrasts them after elucidating them carefully, and provides a conclusion that is careful, sound, and convincing. It is a conclusion that registers most fully within an intellectual context that is informed by the thought of Habermas, Rawls, Rorty, Murray, Greenwalt, and Mead." — Walter H. Capps, University of California, Santa Barbara