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Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival

Susanna (Professor of Comparative Public Law, Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Bologna Law) Mancini & Michel (Professor of Human Rights and Director, Program on Global and Comparative Constitutional Theory, Professor of Human Rights and Director, Program on Global and Comparative Constitutional Theory, Yeshiva University) Rosenfeld

Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival

Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival

Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival

 

Traditional models of constitutional secularism have struggled to accommodate the modern revival of religious politics. The concept has been criticised as empty or illegitimate, while political and legal struggles have contested its meaning.


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Beschrijving Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival

The global movement of culture and religion has brought about a serious challenge to traditional constitutional secularism. This challenge comes in the form of a political and institutional struggle against secular constitutionalism, and a two pronged assault on the very legitimacy and viability of the concept. On the one hand, constitutional secularism has been attacked as inherently hostile rather than neutral toward religion; and, on the other hand, constitutional secularism has been criticized as inevitably favouring one religion (or set of religions) over others.

The contributors to this book come from a variety of different disciplines including law, anthropology, history, philosophy and political theory. They provide accounts of, and explanations for, present predicaments; critiques of contemporary institutional, political and cultural arrangements, justifications and practices; and suggestions with a view to overcoming or circumventing several of the seemingly intractable or insurmountable current controversies and deadlocks.

The book is separated in to five parts. Part I provides theoretical perspectives on the present day conflicts between secularism and religion. Part II focuses on the relationship between religion, secularism and the public sphere. Part III examines the nexus between religion, secularism and women's equality. Part IV concentrates on religious perspectives on constraints on, and accommodations of, religion within the precincts of the liberal state. Finally, Part V zeroes in on conflicts between religion and secularism in specific contexts, namely education and freedom of speech.


ISBN
9780199660384
Pagina's
384
Verschenen
NUR
754
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

Politicologie