Religious Ideas in Liberal Democratic States

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Religious Ideas in Liberal Democratic States adds new context to the ongoing debate over the scope of religious freedom, drawing from a variety of perspectives to discuss the meaning of religion itself within a democratic state. This book argues that categorizing religion as a solely private affair is too narrow an interpretation and questions whether ideas like freedom, human dignity, and equality can be truly actualized in a neutral and secular state. Contributors explore the impact of religion, acknowledged or not, on legislation, human rights, and group rights through legal, historical, and sociological lenses. Scholars of constitutional law, jurisprudence, international law, and political science will find this book particularly useful.

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A volume with a breadth of insightful and varied perspectives on matters ranging from individual and group religious rights, the nature of the secular and human dignity, defenses and critiques of blasphemy laws, and many others.

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Jasper Doomen is assistant professor at the Open University, the Netherlands.

Mirjam van Schaik is assistant professor of constitutional law and legal theory at the Open University, the Netherlands.