LEADER 04273nam 2200661 450 001 9910777927103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-50981-2 024 7 $a10.7312/swai13604 035 $a(CKB)1000000000772058 035 $a(EBL)4012139 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001081108 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12415236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001081108 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11071585 035 $a(PQKB)10448416 035 $a(DE-B1597)459368 035 $a(OCoLC)1013936475 035 $a(OCoLC)979682934 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231509817 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4012139 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11203178 035 $a(OCoLC)947732140 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4012139 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000772058 100 $a20050607h20062006 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe liberal conscience $epolitics and principle in a world of religious pluralism /$fLucas Swaine 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-13605-6 311 $a0-231-13604-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-207) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. A Liberalism of Conscience -- $t2. Liberalism and the Liberty of Conscience -- $t3. How Should Liberal Democracies Treat Theocratic Communities? -- $t4. Inspiring Public Reason -- $tReview And Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $a"A new liberal theory awaits, one that properly acknowledges the fundamental values and commitments of theocrats and liberals alike."-from The Liberal of ConscienceIn recent years, the battle between liberalism and theocracy has taken center stage around the globe. To many it is a dispute that can only end in a confrontation of competing values and worldviews. In this bold new work, Lucas Swaine combines discussions of political philosophy and real-world events to provide solutions to this seemingly intractable conflict. By opening a dialogue between theocracy and liberalism and offering strategies for interacting with politically ambitious theocrats, Swaine offers new and vital perspectives on the role of religion in liberal, multicultural societies.Swaine begins by exploring the nature and development of theocratic communities and the moral and political challenges they pose to liberal societies. He argues that in their treatment of theocratic communities, liberal societies have failed to uphold their own stated principles of religious toleration. They have also neglected to formulate a suitable schema for treating theocratic communities ensconced in liberal democracies and to provide reasons for theocrats to affirm liberal institutions. Swaine calls upon liberals to redefine and reassert the fundamental importance of liberty of conscience. By doing so, liberal societies will reinvigorate their own traditions, while also assuaging religious conflict. In addition to philosophical arguments, Swaine proposes a new legal standard that offers theocratic communities quasi sovereignty within liberal democracies.Theocrats also have much to gain from embracing liberalism and the principle of liberty of conscience. Swaine argues that liberalism can be made more appealing to the values and concerns of theocrats if the liberal commitment to freedom of conscience is clarified and modified and if liberals take a fresh approach to conceptualizing and promulgating liberal principles, institutions, and laws. 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aLiberalism$xReligious aspects 606 $aDemocracy$xReligious aspects 606 $aTheocracy 615 0$aReligion and politics. 615 0$aLiberalism$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aDemocracy$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aTheocracy. 676 $a322 700 $aSwaine$b Lucas$f1969-$01509713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777927103321 996 $aThe liberal conscience$93741808 997 $aUNINA