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Freedom of religion and the secular state / Russell Blackford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell public philosophy ; 11.Publication details: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118153321
  • 1118153324
  • 9781118153291
  • 1118153294
  • 9781118153307
  • 1118153308
  • 9780470658864
  • 047065886X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Freedom of religion and the secular state.DDC classification:
  • 201/.723 23
LOC classification:
  • BL640 .B63 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Motivation and Overview -- A Short History of Religious Intolerance -- Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State -- Religious Impositions and Endorsements -- Religion-Based Morality and the Secular State -- Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection -- Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State -- Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children -- Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech -- Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks -- Index.
Motivation and overview -- A short history of religious intolerance -- Hobbes, Locke, and their legacy: models of the modern state -- Religious impositions and endorsements -- Religion-based morality and the secular state -- Persecution, accommodation, and conscientious objection -- Private power, religious communities, and the state -- Religious freedom and the interests of children -- Religious freedom and freedom of speech -- Back to Locke.
Summary: Exploring the relationship between religion and the stateFocusing 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.
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Front Matter -- Motivation and Overview -- A Short History of Religious Intolerance -- Hobbes, Locke, and their Legacy: Models of the Modern State -- Religious Impositions and Endorsements -- Religion-Based Morality and the Secular State -- Persecution, Accommodation, and Conscientious Objection -- Private Power, Religious Communities, and the State -- Religious Freedom and the Interests of Children -- Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech -- Back to Locke: Concluding Remarks -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Motivation and overview -- A short history of religious intolerance -- Hobbes, Locke, and their legacy: models of the modern state -- Religious impositions and endorsements -- Religion-based morality and the secular state -- Persecution, accommodation, and conscientious objection -- Private power, religious communities, and the state -- Religious freedom and the interests of children -- Religious freedom and freedom of speech -- Back to Locke.

Exploring the relationship between religion and the stateFocusing 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.