Religious Liberty In A Lockean Society

Author : Elissa B. Alzate
Publisher : Springer
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137584144

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Religious Liberty in a Lockean Society by Elissa B. Alzate Pdf

This book assesses the concept of religious liberty in the United States according to the political theory of John Locke. Protecting the individual freedom of religion without infringing on the rights of others or on legitimate political authority requires delicate balance. The work analyzes Locke’s concept of religious liberty and, from it, derives nine criteria for locating that balance. The most important of these criteria requires government neutrality and equality before the law. The United States has historically struggled with providing this balance, particularly through Supreme Court decisions, resulting in the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Application of Locke’s criteria for balancing religious liberty and government authority to three recent cases—a government employee, an employer, and a small business owner—reveal that RFRA legislation threatens this balance by undermining neutral government action and treats citizens unequally before the law.

Author : Joseph Loconte
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780739186909

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God, Locke, and Liberty by Joseph Loconte Pdf

“I no sooner perceived myself in the world,” wrote English philosopher John Locke, “than I found myself in a storm.” The storm of which Locke spoke was the maelstrom of religious fanaticism and intolerance that was tearing apart the social fabric of European society. His response was A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), arguably the most important defense of religious freedom in the Western tradition. In God, Locke, and Liberty: The Struggle for Religious Freedom in the West, historian Joseph Loconte offers a groundbreaking study of Locke’s Letter, challenging the notion that decisive arguments for freedom of conscience appeared only after the onset of the secular Enlightenment. Loconte argues that Locke’s vision of a tolerant and pluralistic society was based on a radical reinterpretation of the life and teachings of Jesus. In this, Locke drew great strength from an earlier religious reform movement, namely, the Christian humanist tradition. Like no thinker before him, Locke forged an alliance between liberal political theory and a gospel of divine mercy. God, Locke, and Liberty suggests how a better understanding of Locke’s political theology could calm the storms of religious violence that once again threaten international peace and security. To read an interview with the author about the book on Patheos.com, see here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2015/01/10/under-locke-and-key/

Author : Noel B. Reynolds,W. Cole Durham
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : John Colman
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700635016

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Everyone Orthodox to Themselves by John Colman Pdf

Religious liberty is one of the hallmarks of American democracy, but the principal architects of this liberty believed that it was only compatible with a certain form of Christianity—namely, a liberal, rational, Christianity. Conservative and postliberal champions of the freedom of religion often ignore this point, sometimes even arguing that orthodox Christianity was, or should be, at the root of democratic liberty. Everyone Orthodox to Themselves, John Colman’s close study of the religious views and political theologies of John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson, shows otherwise. Colman demonstrates that Locke and his three American students specifically took aim at the idea of orthodoxy, which they argued continuously tempted its believers to try to impose an artificial uniformity upon the religious diversity that naturally exists in society and thought it necessary to advance a more rational, nondogmatic Christianity given the threat they saw religious orthodoxy posed to a free, liberal society. While recent arguments have endorsed the idea that there is a crisis of liberalism that can only be met by the revival of more orthodox forms of religious devotion, Colman argues that, according to some of the most prominent American Founders and their philosophic predecessors, such orthodoxy is incompatible with religious freedom and the right to free inquiry. Everyone Orthodox to Themselves demonstrates that only a nondogmatic, rationalist Christianity could be made a friend rather than an adversary to the inalienable right of religious liberty. Colman’s work reveals how the reform of Christianity, and with it the inculcation of a particular theological disposition, is necessary to secure religious liberty and the right of free inquiry. The book also establishes the importance of Locke’s Reasonableness

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Liberty
ISBN : 7500426518

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Two Treatises of Government by John Locke Pdf

Author : Principle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Church and state
ISBN : NLS:V000671576

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The Ultimate Principle of Religious Liberty by Principle Pdf

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Liberty
ISBN : 9780198732440

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Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke Pdf

In The Second Treatise of Government, John Locke answered two objectives: to refute the concept of the monarchy's divine right and to establish a theory reconciling civil liberties with political order. His Letter Concerning Toleration rests on the same basic principles as his political theory; Locke's main argument for toleration is a corollary of his theory of the nature of civil society. The basis of social and political philosophy for generations, these works laid the foundation of the modern democratic state in England and abroad. Their enduring importance makes them essential reading for students of philosophy, history, and political science. -- Amazon.com

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1796
Category : Toleration
ISBN : PRNC:32101005061328

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A Letter Concerning Toleration. By John Locke, Esq by John Locke Pdf

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781615920938

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The Second Treatise on Civil Government by John Locke Pdf

As one of the early Enlightenment philosophers in England, John Locke sought to bring reason and critical intelligence to the discussion of the origins of civil society. Endeavoring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government, a social contract theory is proposed. The Second Treatise sets forth a detailed discussion of how civil society came to be and the nature of its inception. Locke's discussion of tacit consent, separation of powers, and the right of citizens to revolt against repressive governments, has made The Second Treatise one of the most influential essays in the history of political philosophy.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547019664

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A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke Pdf

A Letter Concerning Toleration is a letter by John Locke. The author presents a philosophy for toleration amongst Christian denominations, and argues that only churches that teach tolerance have a place in society.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040784915

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Second Treatise of Government by John Locke Pdf

Reader, thou hast here the beginning and end of a discourse concerning government; what fate has otherwise disposed of the papers that should have filled up the middle, and were more than all the rest, it is not worth while to tell thee. These, which remain, I hope are sufficient to establish the throne of our great restorer, our present King William; to make good his title, in the consent of the people, which being the only one of all lawful governments, he has more fully and clearly, than any prince in Christendom; and to justify to the world the people of England, whose love of their just and natural rights, with their resolution to preserve them, saved the nation when it was on the very brink of slavery and ruin. If these papers have that evidence, I flatter myself is to be found in them, there will be no great miss of those which are lost, and my reader may be satisfied without them: for I imagine, I shall have neither the time, nor inclination to repeat my pains, and fill up the wanting part of my answer, by tracing Sir Robert again, through all the windings and obscurities, which are to be met with in the several branches of his wonderful system.

Author : Nicholas Jolley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198791706

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Toleration and Understanding in Locke by Nicholas Jolley Pdf

La 4e de couverture indique : "Despite recent advances in Locke scholarship, philosophers and political theorists have paid little attention to the relations among his three greatest works: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Two Treatises of Government, and Epistola de Tolerantia. Toleration and Understanding in Locke argues that these works are unified by a concern to promote the cause of religious toleration. Making extensive use of Locke's neglected replies to Proast, Nicholas Jolley shows how Locke draws on his epistemological principles to criticize religious persecution. Attention is paid to demonstrating the range of Locke's arguments for toleration and to defending them, where possible, against recent criticisms. The book also includes discussions of Locke's individualism about knowledge and belief, his critique of religious enthusiasm, his commitment to the minimal creed, and his teachings about natural law. Locke emerges as a rather systematic thinker whose arguments are highly relevant to modern debates about religious toleration. debates about religious toleration."

Author : Mustafa Akyol
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781952223181

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Why, as a Muslim, I Defend Liberty by Mustafa Akyol Pdf

Islam, the second largest religion in the world, has several authoritarian interpretations today that defy human freedom—by executing “apostates” or “blasphemers,” imposing religious practices, or discriminating against women or minorities. In Why, as a Muslim, I Support Liberty, Mustafa Akyol offers a bold critique of this trouble, by frankly acknowledging its roots in the religious tradition. But Akyol also shows that Islam has “seeds of freedom” as well—in the Qur'an, the life of the Prophet Muhammad, and the complex history of the Islamic civilization. It is past time, he argues, to grow those seeds into maturity, and reinterpret Islamic law and politics under the Qur'anic maxim, “No compulsion in religion.” Akyol shows that the major reinterpretation Islam needs now is similar to the transformation that began in Western Christianity back in the 17th century, with the groundbreaking ideas of classical liberal thinkers such as John Locke. The author goes back and forth between classical liberalism and the Islamic tradition, to excavate little-noticed parallels, first highlighted by the “Islamic liberals” of the late Ottoman Empire, unknown to many Muslims and non-Muslims today. In short chapters, Akyol digs into big questions. Why do Muslims need to “reform” the Sharia? But is there something to “revive” in the Sharia as well? Should Muslims really glorify “conquest,” or rather believe in social contract? Is capitalism really alien to Islam, which has a rich heritage of free markets and civil society? Finally, he addresses a suspicion common among Muslims today: What if liberty is a mere cover used by Western powers to advance their imperialist schemes? With personal stories, historical anecdotes, theological insights, and a very accessible prose, this is the little big book on the intersection of Islam and liberty.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Liberty
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024786071

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Pdf

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Political Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924002645350

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Of Civil Government, Second Essay by John Locke Pdf