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Recognizing religion in a secular society : essays in pluralism, religion, and public policy / edited by Douglas Farrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrow, Douglas, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and state--Congresses.
- Religion and state.
- Religion and politics--Congresses.
- Religion and politics.
- Cultural pluralism--Congresses.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Religion and law--Canada--Congresses.
- Religion and law.
- Religion and science--Congresses.
- Religion and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contributors include Iain T. Benson, executive director, Centre for Cultural Renewal; Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago; H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr, professor of philosophy, Rice University and professor emeritus, Baylor College of Medicine; Douglas Farrow; William Galston, professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland; The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, PC, chief justice of Canada; David Novak, J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies and professor of philosophy, University of Toronto; Margaret Somerville, Samuel Gale Professor of Law and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University; and Prince El Hassan bin Talal, chairman of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- Contents:
- Religion in the public realm / El Hassan Bin Talal
- Freedom of religion and the rule of law : a Canadian perspective / Beverly McLachlin, Jean Bethke Elshtain
- Religion and the limits of liberal democracy / William Galston
- Human dignity and the social contract / David Novak
- Persons, politics, and a Catholic understanding of human rights / Jean Bethke Elshtain
- Considering secularism / Iain T. Benson
- Birth, death, and technoscience : searching for values at the margins of life / Margaret Somerville
- Taking moral difference seriously : morality after the death of God / H. Tristram Engelhardt
- Of secularity and civil religion / Douglas Farrow.
- Notes:
- Includes papers first presented at the "Pluralism, Religion and Public Policy" conference, held Oct. 9-11, 2002 at McGill University.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86304-5
- 9786612863042
- 0-7735-7236-8
- OCLC:
- 929121588
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