Religion and State: The View from Enlightenment
This article analyzes the relationship between religion and state from the viewpoint of Enlightenment philosophers who have shaped political modernity, along with their solutions to the religion-state relationship consonant with human freedom. In so doing, this article underlines the stakes of polit...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Journal of law, religion and state
Year: 2012, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 258-290 |
Further subjects: | B
Religion
state
enlightenment
secularism
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Summary: | This article analyzes the relationship between religion and state from the viewpoint of Enlightenment philosophers who have shaped political modernity, along with their solutions to the religion-state relationship consonant with human freedom. In so doing, this article underlines the stakes of politicizing religion within modern democracies, highlighting particular approaches by contemporary religious thinkers and philosophical scholars that sketch out ways in which human freedom, both political and religious-theological, may be promoted. |
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ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
Contains: | In: Journal of law, religion and state
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-00103005 |