Title Freedom of religion and the secular state / Russell Blackford

Published Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (219 pages) Series Blackwell public philosophy ; 11 Blackwell public philosophy ; 11 Contents Front Matter -- Motivation and Overview -- A Short History of Religious Intolerance -- Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State -- Religious Impositions and Endorsements -- Religion-Based Morality and the Secular State -- Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection -- Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State -- Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children -- Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech -- Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks -- Index Motivation and overview -- A short history of religious intolerance -- Hobbes, Locke, and their legacy: models of the modern state -- Religious impositions and endorsements -- Religion-based morality and the secular state -- Persecution, accommodation, and conscientious objection -- Private power, religious communities, and the state -- Religious freedom and the interests of children -- Religious freedom and freedom of speech -- Back to Locke Summary Exploring the relationship between religion and the stateFocusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day. Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers a comprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject of religious freedom from a legal as well as historical and philosophical viewpoint. It makes an original contribution to current debates about freedom of religion, and addresses a whole range of hot-button issues that Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Freedom of religion. Religion and state. Form Electronic book ISBN 047065886X 1118153294 (electronic bk.) 1118153308 (electronic bk.) 1118153324 (electronic bk.) 9780470658864 9781118153291 (electronic bk.) 9781118153307 (electronic bk.) 9781118153321 (electronic bk.)

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