
Post-Liberal Religious Liberty
Forming Communities of Charity
Joel Harrison(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 9. July 2020
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-108-83650-0 (ISBN)
Description
Why should we care about religious liberty? Leading commentators, United Kingdom courts, and the European Court of Human Rights have de-emphasised the special importance of religious liberty. They frequently contend it falls within a more general concern for personal autonomy. In this liberal egalitarian account, religious liberty claims are often rejected when faced with competing individual interests - the neutral secular state must protect us against the liberty-constraining acts of religions. Joel Harrison challenges this account. He argues that it is rooted in a theologically derived narrative of secularisation: rather than being neutral, it rests on a specific construction of 'secular' and 'religious' spheres. This challenge makes space for an alternative theological, political, and legal vision. Drawing from Christian thought, from St Augustine to John Milbank, Harrison develops a post-liberal focus on association. Religious liberty, he argues, facilitates creating communities seeking solidarity, fraternity, and charity - goals that are central to our common good.
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'An engaging read ...' Edward A. David, Studies in Christian EthicsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-83650-0 (9781108836500)
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Person
Joel Harrison is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Sydney Law School.
Content
1. Introduction; 2. The liberal egalitarian account; 3. Secularisation challenged; 4. Modern (Christian) responses; 5. The ecclesiological account; 6. Pluralism and disagreement; 7. Conclusion.