Modern, liberal democracies in the West living under the rule of law and protection of human rights cannot articulate the very values from which they derive their legitimacy. These pre-political and pre-legal preconditions cannot be guaranteed, let alone be enforced by the state, but constitute nevertheless its moral and spiritual infrastructure. Until recently, a common background and horizon consisted in Christianity, but due to secularisation and globalisation, society has become increasingly multicultural and multireligious. The question can and should be raised how religion relates to…mehr
Modern, liberal democracies in the West living under the rule of law and protection of human rights cannot articulate the very values from which they derive their legitimacy. These pre-political and pre-legal preconditions cannot be guaranteed, let alone be enforced by the state, but constitute nevertheless its moral and spiritual infrastructure. Until recently, a common background and horizon consisted in Christianity, but due to secularisation and globalisation, society has become increasingly multicultural and multireligious. The question can and should be raised how religion relates to these sources of normative order in society, how religion, politics and law relate to each other, and how social cohesion can be attained in society, given the growing varieties of religious experiences. In this book, a philosophical account of this question is carried out, on the one hand historically from Plato to the Enlightenment, on the other hand systematically and practically.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bart Labuschagne, Ph.D. (1995) in Legal Philosophy, University of Groningen (The Netherlands), is Lecturer of Philosophy of Law and Fellow of the Meijers Institute of Legal Studies at the Law Faculty of Leiden University (The Netherlands). He publishes on the relations between law and religion from a philosophical perspective, recently (in Dutch) Law and Religion. The Civil Dimension of Religions as Spiritual Foundation of Liberal Democracy (Boom Juridische Uitgevers 2007). Reinhard Sonnenschmidt, Ph.D. (1989), Habil. (2000) in Political Philosophy, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) is Privatdozent for Political Theory and History of Ideas at the University of Duisburg-Essen, President of the Institut für Religionspolitologie, Duisburg-Essen. Publications on religion and politics, in particular (in German) Political Gnosis. Estrangement, Belief and Immortality, Illusion in Late Antiquity's Religion and in Political Philosophy (Wilhelm Fink Verlag 2001).
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