LEADER 03626nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910457861603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06295-7 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674062955 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074874 035 $a(OCoLC)768119785 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10518216 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000552048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11404108 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10538180 035 $a(PQKB)11300300 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301006 035 $a(DE-B1597)178291 035 $a(OCoLC)840440473 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674062955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301006 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518216 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074874 100 $a20110426d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSecularism and freedom of conscience$b[electronic resource] /$fJocelyn Maclure and Charles Taylor ; translated by Jane Marie Todd 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-05865-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Secularism -- pt. 2. Freedom of conscience. 330 $aSecularism: the definition of this word is as practical and urgent as income inequalities or the paths to sustainable development. In this wide-ranging analysis, Jocelyn Maclure and Charles Taylor provide a clearly reasoned, articulate account of the two main principles of secularism-equal respect, and freedom of conscience-and its two operative modes-separation of Church (or mosque or temple) and State, and State neutrality vis-à-vis religions. But more crucially, they make the powerful argument that in our ever more religiously diverse, politically interconnected world, secularism, properly understood, may offer the only path to religious and philosophical freedom.Secularism and Freedom of Conscience grew out of a very real problem-Quebec's need for guidelines to balance the equal respect due to all citizens with the right to religious freedom. But the authors go further, rethinking secularism in light of other critical issues of our time. The relationship between religious beliefs and deeply-held secular convictions, the scope of the free exercise of religion, and the place of religion in the public sphere are aspects of the larger challenge Maclure and Taylor address: how to manage moral and religious diversity in a free society. Secularism, they show, is essential to any liberal democracy in which citizens adhere to a plurality of conceptions of what gives meaning and direction to human life. The working model the authors construct in this nuanced account is capacious enough to accommodate difference and freedom of conscience, while holding out hope for a world in which diversity no longer divides us. 606 $aSecularism 606 $aFreedom of religion 606 $aLiberty of conscience 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSecularism. 615 0$aFreedom of religion. 615 0$aLiberty of conscience. 676 $a211/.6 700 $aMaclure$b Jocelyn$f1973-$0911839 701 $aTaylor$b Charles$f1931-$0143562 701 $aTodd$b Jane Marie$f1957-$0985926 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457861603321 996 $aSecularism and freedom of conscience$92438913 997 $aUNINA