Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith : Religious Accommodation in Pluralist Democracies

Of the many challenges facing liberal democracy, none is as powerful and pervasive today as those posed by religion. These are the challenges taken up in __Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith__, an exploration of the place of religion in contemporary public life. The essays in this volume suggest that two important shifts have altered the balance between the competing obligations of citizenship and faith: the growth of religious pluralism and the escalating calls of religious groups for some measure of autonomy or recognition from democratic majorities. The authors--political theorists, philosophers, legal scholars, and social scientists--collectively argue that more room should be made for religion in today's democratic societies. Though they advocate different ways of carving out and justifying the proper bounds of "church and state" in pluralist democracies, they all write from within democratic theory and share the aim of democratic accommodation of religion. Alert to national differences in political circumstances and the particularities of constitutional and legal systems, these contributors consider the question of religious accommodation from the standpoint of institutional practices and law as well as that of normative theory. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach and comparative focus, this volume makes a timely and much-needed intervention in current debates about religion and politics. The contributors are Nancy L. Rosenblum, Alan Wolfe, Ronald Thiemann, Michael McConnell, Graham Walker, Amy Gutmann, Kent Greenawalt, Aviam Soifer, Harry Hirsch, Gary Jacobsohn, Yael Tamir, Martha Nussbaum, and Carol Weisbrod.

Of the many challenges facing liberal democracy, none is as powerful and pervasive today as those posed by religion. These are the challenges taken up in Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith, an exploration of the place of religion in contemporary public life.

The essays in this volume suggest that two important shifts have altered the balance between the competing obligations of citizenship and faith: the growth of religious pluralism and the escalating calls of religious groups for some measure of autonomy or recognition from democratic majorities. The authors-political theorists, philosophers, legal scholars, and social scientists-collectively argue that more room should be made for religion in today's democratic societies. Though they advocate different ways of carving out and justifying the proper bounds of church and state in pluralist democracies, they all write from within democratic theory and share the aim of democratic accommodation of religion. Alert to national differences in political circumstances and the particularities of constitutional and legal systems, these contributors consider the question of religious accommodation from the standpoint of institutional practices and law as well as that of normative theory.

Unique in its interdisciplinary approach and comparative focus, this volume makes a timely and much-needed intervention in current debates about religion and politics. The contributors are Nancy L. Rosenblum, Alan Wolfe, Ronald Thiemann, Michael McConnell, Graham Walker, Amy Gutmann, Kent Greenawalt, Aviam Soifer, Harry Hirsch, Gary Jacobsohn, Yael Tamir, Martha Nussbaum, and Carol Weisbrod.

Of the many challenges facing liberal democracy, none are as powerful and pervasive today as those posed by religion. These are the challenges taken up in Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith, an exploration of the place of religion in contemporary public life.The essays in this volume suggest that two important shifts have altered the balance between the competing obligations of citizenship and faith: the growth of religious pluralism and the escalating calls of religious groups for some measure of autonomy or recognition from democratic majorities. The authors -- political theorists, philosophers, legal scholars, and social scientists -- collectively argue that more room should be made for religion in today's democratic societies. Though they advocate different ways of carving out and justifying the proper bounds of "church and state" in pluralist democracies, they all write from within democratic theory and share the aim of democratic accommodation of religion. Alert to national differences in political circumstances and the particularities of constitutional and legal systems, these contributors consider the question of religious accommodation from the standpoints of institutional practices and law as well as that of normative theory.Unique in its interdisciplinary approach and comparative focus, this volume makes a timely and much-needed intervention in current debates about religion and politics. The contributors are Nancy L. Rosenblum, Alan Wolfe, Ronald Thiemann, Michael McConnell, Graham Walker, Amy Gutmann, Kent Greenawalt, Aviam Soifer, H. N. Hirsch, Gary Jacobsohn, Yael Tamir, Martha Nussbaum, and Carol Weisbrod. Pluralism, Integralism, And Political Theories Of Religious Accommodation / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Civil Religion Revisited: Quiet Faith In Middle-class America / Alan Wolfe -- Public Religion: Bane Or Blessing For Democracy? / Ronald F. Thiemann -- Believers As Equal Citizens / Michael W. Mcconnell -- Illusory Pluralism, Inexorable Establishment / Graham Walker -- Religion And State In The United States: A Defense Of Two-way Protection / Amy Gutmann -- Amos: Religious Autonomy And The Moral Uses Of Pluralism / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Five Questions About Religion Judges Are Afraid To Ask / Kent Greenawalt -- The Fullness Of Time / Aviam Soifer -- Let Them Eat Incidentals: Rfra, The Rehnquist Court, And Freedom Of Religion / H.n. Hirsch -- By The Light Of Reason: Curruption, Religious Speech, And Constitutional Essentials / Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn -- Remember Amalek: Religious Hate Speech / Yael Tamir -- Religion And Women's Equality: The Case Of India / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Women And International Human Rights: Some Issues Under The Bridge / Carol Weisbrod. Edited By Nancy L. Rosenblum. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Offers an exploration of the place of religion in contemporary public life. The essays in this volume suggest that two different shifts have altered the balance between the competing obligations of citizenship and faith: the growth of religious pluralism and the calls of religious groups for some measure of autonomy from democratic majorities. The writers argue that more room should be made for religion in today's society and how religion's role is seen among the contemporary American public A SIGNIFICANT revival of moral inquiry has taken place in American academic life, especially among philosophers, theologians, and social scientists.