Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship

Liberal democracy is often construed as setting in opposition two dimensions of life: public and private. But that conventional interpretation fails to appreciate that the promise of liberal democracy is to make public values private ones, and to give personal convictions public credence. That is th...

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1. VerfasserIn: Albert, Richard (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Review
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2010
In: A journal of church and state
Jahr: 2010, Band: 52, Heft: 1, Seiten: 158-160
Rezension von:Secularism, religion and multicultural citizenship (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2009) (Albert, Richard)
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Zusammenfassung:Liberal democracy is often construed as setting in opposition two dimensions of life: public and private. But that conventional interpretation fails to appreciate that the promise of liberal democracy is to make public values private ones, and to give personal convictions public credence. That is the great challenge of liberal democracy—to cultivate a political culture in which personal convictions take root within the public values that bind citizens to themselves and to their state.
ISSN:2040-4867
Enthält:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq031