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Why and How Secular Society Should Accommodate Religion : a Philosophical Proposal.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hors seriePublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (153 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773417175
  • 0773417176
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.6
LOC classification:
  • BL60 .B97 2010
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Religion under secular statecraft -- Rationalist restrictions on public discourse -- Reasonable limits on religious freedom -- The hidden dangers of civil religion -- Part II: State/religion border control -- Religion-state relations in U.S. courts -- Rulings concerning religion-state relations -- Rulings on religion-state relations in education -- Alternative schooling in America -- Part III: Religious groups and the public sphere -- The political importance of interest groups -- The moral need for groups in a modern democracy -- Religious groups in the political process.
Summary: This study examines judiciary attempts to refine the neutrality worldview called for by the U.S. Constitution.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)501560

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This study examines judiciary attempts to refine the neutrality worldview called for by the U.S. Constitution.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-133) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Religion under secular statecraft -- Rationalist restrictions on public discourse -- Reasonable limits on religious freedom -- The hidden dangers of civil religion -- Part II: State/religion border control -- Religion-state relations in U.S. courts -- Rulings concerning religion-state relations -- Rulings on religion-state relations in education -- Alternative schooling in America -- Part III: Religious groups and the public sphere -- The political importance of interest groups -- The moral need for groups in a modern democracy -- Religious groups in the political process.

English.