Why and how secular society should accommodate religion
Subtitle: a philosophical proposal
By: Edmund F. Byrne.
Series: hors serie
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773438118
Subjects: Religion and sociology; Religion and state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: Religion under secular statecraft; title: Rationalist restrictions on public discourse; title: Reasonable limits on religious freedom; title: The hidden dangers of civil religion; title: Part II: State/religion border control; title: Religion-state relations in U.S. courts; title: Rulings concerning religion-state relations; title: Rulings on religion-state relations in education; title: Alternative schooling in America; title: Part III: Religious groups and the public sphere; title: The political importance of interest groups; title: The moral need for groups in a modern democracy; title: Religious groups in the political process.