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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Auteur principal: Albert, Richard (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Review
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford University Press 2010
Dans: A journal of church and state
Année: 2010, Volume: 52, Numéro: 1, Pages: 158-160
Compte rendu de:Secularism, religion and multicultural citizenship (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2009) (Albert, Richard)
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq031