[Rezension von: DeGirolami, Marc O., The tragedy of religious freedom]
When English theorist Michael Oakeshott praised the warm virtues of “being conservative,” he was not, of course, defending the modern American political ideology. Rather, he endorsed a particular “disposition” or attitude toward the social and political conflicts that inevitably arise between free a...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 173-175 |
| Review of: | The tragedy of religious freedom (Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard Univ. Press, 2013) (Bartrum, Ian)
Tragedy of Religious Freedom. (Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013) (Bartrum, Ian) The Tragedy of Religious Freedom (Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2013) (Bartrum, Ian) The tragedy of religious freedom (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013) (Bartrum, Ian) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious freedom
/ Democracy
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| IxTheo Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law |
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Book review
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| Summary: | When English theorist Michael Oakeshott praised the warm virtues of “being conservative,” he was not, of course, defending the modern American political ideology. Rather, he endorsed a particular “disposition” or attitude toward the social and political conflicts that inevitably arise between free and independent persons. His was a habit of presumptive deference to the collective wisdom of those that have come before, a humility in the face of enduring questions of human association, and a reluctance to replace hard-won customs with our own blinding theoretical or moral certainties. Our past has value, not just as a transcendental mediator of contemporary disputes, but also because our ancestors, too, were good and decent people who worked to make their world a fulfilling place. This regard for custom sees in the past not perfection, but vitality, conciliation, and the natural concomitance of human flourishing and human tragedy. It is this same disposition that Marc DeGirolami's thoughtful and rewarding new book, The Tragedy of Religious Freedom, takes toward the American experience of religious liberty ... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu123 |