The Agnostic Age: Law, Religion, and the Constitution
“What is truth?” Pilate asks Christ on the eve of the crucifixion (John 18:38). In his book, The Agnostic Age: Law, Religion, and the Constitution, Alabama law professor Paul Horwitz confronts liberal democracy and constitutional law with this question's religious perspective., Horwitz claims a...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2012, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Pages: 447-449 |
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| Summary: | “What is truth?” Pilate asks Christ on the eve of the crucifixion (John 18:38). In his book, The Agnostic Age: Law, Religion, and the Constitution, Alabama law professor Paul Horwitz confronts liberal democracy and constitutional law with this question's religious perspective., Horwitz claims assertions of religious truth hold a secondary place in liberal public discourse. He attributes this circumstance to the “liberal consensus” regulating the norms of Western democracies (p. 10). Like John Rawls, Horwitz traces the development of this consensus more to calculation than principle. The liberal consensus comprises a treaty or agreement between battling religious factions that emphasizes consent, religious freedom, and the bracketing of religious truth to the private sphere. |
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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/css061 |