Religious Ideas in Liberal Democratic States

This edited volume is focused on the issue of freedom of religion from various perspectives, inquiring whether freedom of religion may be realized non-neutrally, and whether a secular state in particular may accomplish this goal

List of contents

Chapter 1: You Can't Please Everyone: The Secular State, the Liberal State, the Neutral State by Russell Blackford
Chapter 2: Group Rights, Individual Rights, and the Fundamentalist Challenge by Paul Cliteur
Chapter 3: Insults to Equality: An Egalitarian Analysis of Respect for Religious Feelings by Austin Dacey
Chapter 4: State (Non-)Neutrality and Conceptions of Religious Freedom by Alex Deagon
Chapter 5: Dignity in Life and Death by Jasper Doomen
Chapter 6: Blasphemy's History and the Denial of Neutrality by David Nash
Chapter 7: Religious Freedom as Moral Freedom by Michael Perry
Chapter 8: Realizing the Freedom of Religion or Belief Equally: The Case of Blasphemy in the Liberal Democratic State by Mirjam van Schaik
Chapter 9: Should the Courts Accommodate Religion in the Workplace? The Secular Nature of Europe's Legal Order and the Role of Supranational Courts by Carla Zoethout

About the author

Edited by Jasper Doomen and Mirjam van Schaik - Contributions by Russell Blackford; Paul Cliteur; Austin Dacey; Alex Deagon; Jasper Doomen; David Nash; Michael Perry; Mirjam van Schaik and Carla Zoethout

Summary

This edited volume is focused on the issue of freedom of religion from various perspectives, inquiring whether freedom of religion may be realized non-neutrally, and whether a secular state in particular may accomplish this goal

Product details

• Authors: Jasper Van Schaik Doomen
• Assisted by: Jasper Doomen (Editor), Doomen Jasper (Editor), Mirjam van Schaik (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781793618382
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-838-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion & politics, Crime & criminology, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects