On Religious Liberty and Secularism in Plural Societies
This article argues that a rightly framed understanding of religious liberty and secularism in a plural society facilitates public square deliberation. Addressing first the religious (Christian) constituent, I demonstrate how the Noahic covenant and the traditional doctrines of eschatology, anthropo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Asia journal of theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-228 |
| Further subjects: | B
covenantal pluralism
B Religious Liberty B Plural Societies B Secularism B public square deliberation |
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| Summary: | This article argues that a rightly framed understanding of religious liberty and secularism in a plural society facilitates public square deliberation. Addressing first the religious (Christian) constituent, I demonstrate how the Noahic covenant and the traditional doctrines of eschatology, anthropology, and missiology push toward promoting religious liberty for all. By implication, a full-bodied religious liberty welcomes different voices in public square deliberations. Conversely, in addressing the nonreligious constituent, I explore how one dimension of the urge to exclude religious voices from public square deliberations comes from a misguided understanding that the secularization of a society is automatically accompanied by the emptying out of religion and religious beliefs. Rather, a more appropriate secularism focuses on the neutrality of the public square and does not prohibit religious voices in public square deliberations. I conclude by highlighting a philosophy of pluralism that captures this rightly framed understanding of religious liberty and secularism—covenantal pluralism. |
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| ISSN: | 2815-1828 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Asia journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.54424/ajt.v38i2.115 |
