Beschreibung:
Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing 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 involve the relationship between religion and the state, including the teaching of evolution in schools, what to do about the burqa, and so on.
Exploring the relationship between religion and the stateFocusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics incontemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the conceptof the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views forthe present day. Freedom of Religion and the Secular State offers acomprehensive analysis, with a global focus, of the subject ofreligious freedom from a legal as well as historical andphilosophical viewpoint. It makes an original contribution tocurrent debates about freedom of religion, and addresses a wholerange of hot-button issues that involve the relationship betweenreligion and the state, including the teaching of evolution inschools, what to do about the burqa, and so on.
1 Motivation and Overview 12 A Short History of Religious Intolerance 203 Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State344 Religious Impositions and Endorsements 565 Religion-Based Morality and the Secular State 676 Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection 947 Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State 1188 Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children 1419 Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech 16910 Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks 198Index 202