Democracy, Religion, and Commerce - Private Markets and the Public Regulation of Religion

This work considers the relationship between religion, state, and market, illustrating that the market is a powerful site for the cultural work of secularizing religious conflict. Scholars from a variety of disciplines explore more intentionally the extent to which markets are implicated in and illuminate the place of religion in public life.

List of contents

Introduction: Democracy and Religion in the Market 1 Denominational Uncoupling in a Divestment Age: Religion in the History of the American University 2 Markets, Religion, and Moral Deliberation: The Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Mandate 3 Regulating Religion in the Public Arena: Lessons Learned from Global Data Collections 4 Shots Not Fired in the Culture War: Commercial Litigation in Contemporary Rabbinical Courts 5 Go Tell It [to the IRS]: American Suspicions Around Religious Profit-Making 6 The Liberty of the Will in Theology Permits the Liberated Markets of Liberalism 7 Neutral Principles and Legal Pluralism 8 Markets as Moral Contexts: An Account Based in Catholic Theological Anthropology 9 Regulating Religious Performance on the Commercial Stage

About the author

Kathleen Flake is Richard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies and Co-Director, Virginia Center for the Study of Religion, University of Virginia, USA.
Nathan B. Oman is Rollins Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Law and Markets, William and Mary Law School, USA.

Summary

This work considers the relationship between religion, state, and market, illustrating that the market is a powerful site for the cultural work of secularizing religious conflict. Scholars from a variety of disciplines explore more intentionally the extent to which markets are implicated in and illuminate the place of religion in public life.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kathleen Flake (Editor), Flake Kathleen (Editor), Nathan B. Oman (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032313467
• ISBN: 978-1-032-31346-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 317 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Law and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Jurisprudence, Commercial law, Religion & politics, Jurisprudence & general issues, Religion and Politics, Jurisprudence and general issues, Constitution, Constitutional & administrative law