Religious Freedom in the Liberal State 2nd Edition by Rex Ahdar, Ian Leigh 0199606471 9780199606474

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ISBN 10: 0199606471 

ISBN 13: 9780199606474

Author: Rex Ahdar, Ian Leigh

Examining the law and public policy relating to religious liberty in Western liberal democracies, this book contains a detailed analysis of the history, rationale, scope, and limits of religious freedom from (but not restricted to) an evangelical Christian perspective. Focussing on United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and EU, it studies the interaction between law and religion at several different levels, looking at the key debates that have arisen. Divided into three parts, the book begins by contrasting the liberal and Christian rationales for and understandings of religious freedom. It then explores central thematic issues: the types of constitutional frameworks within which any right to religious exercise must operate; the varieties of paradigmatic relationships between organized religion and the state; the meaning of ‘religion’; the limitations upon individual and institutional religious behaviour; and the domestic and international legal mechanisms that have evolved to address religious conduct. The final part explores key subject areas where current religious freedom controversies have arisen: employment; education; parental rights and childrearing; controls on pro-religious and anti-religious expression; medical treatment; and religious group (church) autonomy. This new edition is fully updated with the growing case law in the area, and features increased coverage of Islam and the flashpoint debates surrounding the accommodation of Muslim beliefs and practices in Anglophone nations.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

Part I

2. Christian Perspectives

I. Introduction

II. The Longstanding Position: Religious Intolerance

III. The Bases of Religious Freedom

IV. Conclusion

3. Liberal Perspectives

I. Introduction

II. Liberalism: Some Salient Features

III. Liberal Justifications for Religious Liberty

IV. Conclusion

Part II

4. Models of Religion–State Relations

I. Introduction

II. Major Types

III. Conclusion

5. Legal Protection of Religious Freedom

I. Introduction

II. The Nature of ‘Religious Freedom’

III. Forms of Legal Recognition

IV. The Religious versus the Secular: The Problem of Defining ‘Religion’

V. Conclusion

6. Limits to Religious Freedom

I. Introduction

II. Limiting Strategies

III. Clashing Rights

IV. Horizontal Rights

V. Conclusion

Part III

7. Families, Parents and Children

I. Introduction

II. Legal Framework

III. Contrasting Understandings of the Family and Childrearing

IV. Selected Controversies

V. Conclusion

8. Education

I. Introduction

II. Contrasting Understandings of the Purpose of Education

III. The State, Schools, and Religion

IV. Religious Exercises

V. Religious Education

VI. The ‘Secular’ Curriculum and the Religious Conscience

VII. Displays of Religious Symbols in Schools

VIII. Conclusion

9. Medical Treatment

I. Introduction

II. The Law regarding Medical Treatment and Religious Patients

III. World View Tensions

IV. Illustrations

V. Conclusion

10. Employment

I. Introduction

II. The Employment Status of Ministers of Religion

III. The Liberty of the Religious Person in Secular Employment

IV. Religious Liberty in a Religious Ethos Work Environment

V. Conclusion

11. Religious Group Autonomy

I. Introduction

II. Legal Recognition of Religious Group Autonomy

III. Contrasting Understandings

IV. Illustrations

V. Conclusion

12. Religious Expression

I. Introduction

II. Protections for Religious Speech

III. Anti-Religious Speech

IV. Limitations on Religious Expression

V. Conclusion

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