Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; 1 Introduction -- Liberal Democracy and Religious Pluralism: Accommodating or Resisting the Diversity of a Globalising Age?; 1.1 Religious Pluralism in Democratic Theory and Practice; 1.2 Religious Accommodation in Liberal Democracies: Toleration, Respect and Recognition; 1.3 The Chapters; References; Part I Religious Pluralism in Liberal Democracies: Toleration and the Dynamics of Social Conflict; 2 Religions and Liberal Democracy: Reflections on Doctrinal, Institutional and Attitudinal Learning; 3 How Not to Tolerate Religion
Summary
How should liberal democratic governments respond to citizens as religious believers whose values, norms and practices might lie outside the cultural mainstream? Some of the most challenging political questions arising today focus on the adequacy of a policy of 'live and let live' liberal toleration in contexts where disputes about the metaphysical truth of conflicting world-views abound. Does liberal toleration fail to give all citizens their due? Do citizens of faith deserve a more robust form of accommodation from the state in the form of 'recognition'. This issue is far from settled. Contr
