Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy

Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges.

List of contents

Introduction, by Jean L. Cohen
Part I: Freedom of Religion or Human Rights
1. Religious Freedom and the Fate of Secularism, by Samuel Moyn
2. Religion: Ally, Threat, or Just Religion?, by Anne Phillips
3. Regulating Religion Beyond Borders: The Case of FGM/C, by Yasmine Ergas
4. Pluralism vs. Pluralism: Islam and Christianity in the European Court of Human Rights, by Christian Joppke
Part II: Non-Establishments and Freedom of Religion
5. Rethinking Political Secularism and the American Model of Constitutional Dualism, by Jean L. Cohen
6. Is European Secularism Secular Enough?, by Rajeev Bhargava
7. State-Religion Connections and Multicultural Citizenship, by Tariq Modood
8. Breaching the Wall of Separation, by Denis Lacorne
9. Transnational Nonestablishment (Redux), by Claudia Haupt
Part III: Religion, Liberalism, and Democracy
10. Liberal Neutrality, Religion, and the Good, by Cécile Laborde
11. Religious Arguments and Public Justification, by Aurelia Bardon
12. Religious Truth and Democratic Freedom: A Critique of the Religious Discourse of Anti-Relativism, by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
13. Republicanism and Freedom of Religion in France, by Michel Troper
Part IV: Sovereignty and Legal Pluralism in Constitutional Democracies
14. Sovereignty and Religious Norms in the Secular Constitutional State, by Dieter Grimm
15. Religion and Minority Legal Orders, by Maheila Malik
16. The Intersection of Civil and Religious Family Law in the U.S. Constitutional Order: A Mild Legal Pluralism, by Linda C. McClain
17. Religion-Based Legal Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe, by Alicia Cebada Romero
Conclusion: Is Religion Special?
Contributors
Index

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Edited by Jean L. Cohen and Cécile Laborde

Summary

Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges.

Product details

• Authors: Jean L. Laborde Cohen
• Assisted by: Jean L. Cohen (Editor), Cohen Jean L. (Editor), C. Cile Laborde (Editor), C?cile Laborde (Editor), Cecile Laborde (Editor), Cécile Laborde (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780231168717
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16871-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life; Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Religion, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Politisches System: Demokratie, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Religion & politics, Political structures: democracy, Religion and Politics, Human rights, civil rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State