Reflections on the Symposium: An Ordered Inquiry Into the Relation of Civil Rights Law and Religion
The Symposium on The Religious Foundations of Civil Rights Law originated in response to an apparent crisis that has emerged in the Nation's understanding of civil rights law. The character of the crisis could be discerned in the exchange on abortion that took place between democratic vice-pres...
| Published in: | Journal of law and religion |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1987
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1987, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-37 |
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| Summary: | The Symposium on The Religious Foundations of Civil Rights Law originated in response to an apparent crisis that has emerged in the Nation's understanding of civil rights law. The character of the crisis could be discerned in the exchange on abortion that took place between democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro and Roman Catholic Archbishop John O'Connor in the 1984 presidential campaign. Brief mention of this political event provides a useful point of departure for reflection on the symposium.The exchange between Ferraro and O'Connor caused protracted public debate about the correct relation of religion and politics. The purview of the debate extended to the relation of civil rights and religion, since abortion affected the rights of women and unborn children, and the candidate and the Archbishop had each related religion to these rights. But, as most commentators agreed, the debate did not shed appreciable light on the meaning or validity of civil rights law, nor did it notably elucidate the relation of civil rights and religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1051014 |