Secularism and Freedom of Conscience
In his monumental work, A Secular Age, Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor concludes that in its drive to impose homogenization, the Christian church experienced a mutilation of its original purpose to be the place in which human beings in all their diversity and disparate paths came together. This...
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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: 4, Pages: 648-650 |
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| Summary: | In his monumental work, A Secular Age, Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor concludes that in its drive to impose homogenization, the Christian church experienced a mutilation of its original purpose to be the place in which human beings in all their diversity and disparate paths came together. This same quest for religious tolerance and neutrality became an important factor in the emergence of secular liberal democracies. Now, in a short, tightly argued analysis, Taylor and Jocelyn Maclure, professor of philosophy at the Université de Laval, examine how such societies can maintain their core principles and at the same time manage religious and moral diversity. |
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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/css103 |