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Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of the place of religion in contemporary public life. The essays in this volume suggest that two different shifts have altered the balance between the competing obligations of citizenship and faith: the growth of religious pluralism and the calls of religious groups for some measure of autonomy from democratic majorities.
Trade Review"Our secular traditions and rhetoric have emerged in significant part in response to the claims of non-believers, who sought protection from the intrusions of religions. Rosenblum's anthology gives a new and thoughtful voice to believers and to the significance or value of their beliefs for democratic policies and civic engagement."--John Paul Ryan, The Law and Politics Book Review "A very valuable collection, making accessible in one place a number of interesting and compelling arguments about and inquiries into the relationship between religious pluralism and democracy."--Joseph M. Knippenberg, Journal of Politics
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION Pluralism, Integralism, and Political Theories of Religious Accommodation Nancy L. Rosenblum 3 ONE Civil Religion Revisited: Quiet Faith in Middle-Class America Alan Wolfe 32 TWO Public Religion: Bane or Blessing for Democracy? Ronald F. Thiemann 73 THREE Believers as Equal Citizens Michael W. McConnell 90 FOUR Illusory Pluralism, Inexorable Establishment Graham Walker 111 FIVE Religion and State in the United States: A Defense of Two-Way Protection Amy Gutmann 127 SIX Amos: Religious Autonomy and the Moral Uses of Pluralism Nancy L. Rosenblum 165 SEVEN Five Questions about Religion Judges Are Afraid to Ask Kent Greenawalt 196 EIGHT The Fullness of Time Aviam Soifer 245 NINE Let Them Eat Incidentals: RFRA, the Rehnquist Court, and Freedom of Religion H. N. Hirsch 280 TEN "By the Light of Reason": Corruption, Religious Speech, and Constitutional Essentials Gary Jeffrcy Jacobsohn 294 ELEVEN Remember Amalek: Religious Hate Speech Yael Tamir 321 TWELVE Religion and Women's Equality: The Case of India Martha C. Nussbaum 335 THIRTEEN Women and International Human Rights: Some Issues under the Bridge Carol Misbrod 403 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 427 INDEX 429
