Liberty Of Conscience

Author : Martha Nussbaum
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780786721948

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Liberty of Conscience by Martha Nussbaum Pdf

In one of the great triumphs of the colonial and Revolutionary periods, the founders of the future United States overcame religious intolerance in favor of a constitutional order dedicated to fair treatment for people's deeply held conscientious beliefs. It granted equal liberty of conscience to all and took a firm stand against religious establishment. This respect for religious difference, acclaimed scholar Martha Nussbaum writes, formed our democracy. Yet today there are signs that this legacy is misunderstood. The prominence of a particular type of Christianity in our public life suggests the unequal worth of citizens who hold different religious beliefs, or no beliefs. Other people, meanwhile, seek to curtail the influence of religion in public life in a way that is itself unbalanced and unfair. Such partisan efforts, Nussbaum argues, violate the spirit of our Constitution. Liberty of Conscience is a historical and conceptual study of the American tradition of religious freedom. Weaving together political history, philosophical ideas, and key constitutional cases, this is a rich chronicle of an ideal of equality that has always been central to our history but is now in serious danger.

Author : Jon Mandle,David A. Reidy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 897 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1316190315

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The Cambridge Rawls Lexicon by Jon Mandle,David A. Reidy Pdf

John Rawls is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has permanently shaped the nature and terms of moral and political philosophy, deploying a robust and specialized vocabulary that reaches beyond philosophy to political science, economics, sociology, and law. This volume is a complete and accessible guide to Rawls' vocabulary, with over 200 alphabetical encyclopaedic entries written by the world's leading Rawls scholars. From 'basic structure' to 'burdened society', from 'Sidgwick' to 'strains of commitment', and from 'Nash point' to 'natural duties', the volume covers the entirety of Rawls' central ideas and terminology, with illuminating detail and careful cross-referencing. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars of Rawls, as well as for other readers in political philosophy, ethics, political science, sociology, international relations and law.

Author : Daniel L. Dreisbach,Mark David Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124143251

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The Sacred Rights of Conscience by Daniel L. Dreisbach,Mark David Hall Pdf

This compilation of primary documents provides a thorough and balanced examination of the evolving relationship between public religion and American culture, from pre-colonial biblical and European sources to the early nineteenth century, to allow the reader to explore the social and political forces that defined the concept of religious liberty and shaped American church-state relations. --from publisher description.

Author : Thomas Kselman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300235647

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Conscience and Conversion by Thomas Kselman Pdf

Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age.

Author : L. John Van Til
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Liberty of conscience
ISBN : MSU:31293031778388

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Liberty of Conscience by L. John Van Til Pdf

Author : Samuel Rutherford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1649
Category : Arminians
ISBN : PRNC:32101067678225

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A Free Disputation Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience by Samuel Rutherford Pdf

Author : Edward Bean Underhill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Baptists
ISBN : MSU:31293016801445

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Tracts on Liberty of Conscience and Persecution, 1614-1661 by Edward Bean Underhill Pdf

Author : Edwin Scott Gaustad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Baptists
ISBN : 051701338X

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Liberty of Conscience by Edwin Scott Gaustad Pdf

Author : James William Massie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Conscience
ISBN : BL:A0020001730

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Liberty of Conscience Illustrated by James William Massie Pdf

Author : Jocelyn Maclure,Charles Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674062955

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Secularism and Freedom of Conscience by Jocelyn Maclure,Charles Taylor Pdf

Secularism: the definition of this word is as practical and urgent as income inequalities or the paths to sustainable development. In this wide-ranging analysis, Jocelyn Maclure and Charles Taylor provide a clearly reasoned, articulate account of the two main principles of secularism—equal respect, and freedom of conscience—and its two operative modes—separation of Church (or mosque or temple) and State, and State neutrality vis-à-vis religions. But more crucially, they make the powerful argument that in our ever more religiously diverse, politically interconnected world, secularism, properly understood, may offer the only path to religious and philosophical freedom. Secularism and Freedom of Conscience grew out of a very real problem—Quebec’s need for guidelines to balance the equal respect due to all citizens with the right to religious freedom. But the authors go further, rethinking secularism in light of other critical issues of our time. The relationship between religious beliefs and deeply-held secular convictions, the scope of the free exercise of religion, and the place of religion in the public sphere are aspects of the larger challenge Maclure and Taylor address: how to manage moral and religious diversity in a free society. Secularism, they show, is essential to any liberal democracy in which citizens adhere to a plurality of conceptions of what gives meaning and direction to human life. The working model the authors construct in this nuanced account is capacious enough to accommodate difference and freedom of conscience, while holding out hope for a world in which diversity no longer divides us.

Author : James William Massie
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1437079423

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Liberty of Conscience Illustrated by James William Massie Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Noel B. Reynolds,W. Cole Durham
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802848532

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Religious Liberty in Western Thought by Noel B. Reynolds,W. Cole Durham Pdf

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. In this volume, several leading scholars harvest the best of Western thinking on religious liberty. An opening chapter shows how religious liberty emerged slowly in the West through centuries of cruel experience and growing enlightenment. Separate chapters thereafter take up the unique role of such titans as Marsilius, Luther, Calvin, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Tocqueville, and the American framers in the Western drama of religious liberty. From widely divergent experiences, these titans discovered the cardinal principles of religious liberty -- religious pluralism and toleration, religious equality and non- discrimination, liberty of conscience and association, freedom of expression and exercise. From widely discordant convictions, they distilled the most enduring models of church and state and of religion and law in the West -- from the organic models of earlier centuries to the dualistic models of more recent times. Contributors: Brian Tierney Steven Ozment John Witte Jr. Joshua Mitchell W. Cole Durham Jr. Michael W. McConnell Ellis Sandoz Thomas L. Pangle

Author : Robert P. George
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781684516070

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Conscience and Its Enemies by Robert P. George Pdf

Assaults on religious liberty and traditional morality are growing fiercer. Here, at last, is the counterattack. This revised and updated paperback edition of the acclaimed Conscience and Its Enemies showcases the talents that have made Robert P. George one of America's most influential thinkers. Here George explodes the myth that the secular elite represents the voice of reason. In fact, it is on the elite side of the cultural divide where the prevailing views are little more than articles of faith. Conscience and Its Enemies reveals the bankruptcy of these too often smugly held orthodoxies while presenting powerfully reasoned arguments for classical virtues.In defending what James Madison called the "sacred rights of conscience"—rights for which government shows frightening contempt—George grapples with today's most controversial issues: same-sex marriage, abortion, transgenderism, genetic manipulation, euthanasia and assisted suicide, religion in politics, judicial activism, and more. His brilliantly argued essays rely not on theological claims or religious authority but on established scientific facts and a philosophical tradition that extends back to Plato and Aristotle. Conscience and Its Enemies sets forth powerful arguments that secular liberals are unaccustomed to hearing—and that embattled defenders of traditional morality so often fail to marshal.

Author : Henry Clay Vedder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Baptists
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR59947039

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Baptists and Liberty of Conscience by Henry Clay Vedder Pdf

Author : Susanna Mancini,Michel Rosenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107173309

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The Conscience Wars by Susanna Mancini,Michel Rosenfeld Pdf

Explores the multifaceted debate on the interconnection between conscientious objections, religious liberty, and the equality of women and sexual minorities.