Secularism or democracy? associational governance of religious diversity
A landmark study offering a unique alternative direction to contain and forestall religious conflict.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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[Amsterdam] :
Amsterdam University Press
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | IMISCOE research.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419965306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Summary contents; Detailed contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Modern states and religious, sociological and historical considerations: setting the stage; Ch. 1: Secularisation and seperation? Institutional diversity of religious governace; Part 2: Reconceptualising principles and making political philosophy fit for the task of accommodating religious diversity; Ch. 2: Contextualising morality: moral minimalism, relational neutrality, and fairnee as even-handedness; Ch. 3: Priority for liberal democracy or secularism?: Why I am not a secularist; Part 3
- Ch. 4: Religious freedoms and other human rights, moral conundrums and hard casesCh. 5: Relational neutrality and even-handedness toward religions: softer cases and symbolic isseus; Part 4: Institutional models of democracy and religious governance: associative democracy; Ch. 6: Moderately agonistic democracy, democratic institutional pluralism, associative democracy and the incorporation of minorities; Ch. 7: Normative models of religious governance: associative democracy, a moral defence
- Ch. 8: Dilemmas of institutionalisation: associative democracy, church atonomy and equal treatment of religiousCh. 9: A realistic defence of associative democracy; Ch. 10: Associative democracy and education; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index of Names; Index of subjects
