Defending American Religious Neutrality
Reflecting in 1785 on the American Revolution and its aftermath, the radical British philosopher Richard Price lamented that most civil states corrupted religion, promoting “superstition, idolatry, and nonsense…under the idea of supporting sacred truth and opposing dangerous error.” “Would not,” Pri...
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| 语言: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2014, 卷: 56, 发布: 4, Pages: 783-785 |
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| 总结: | Reflecting in 1785 on the American Revolution and its aftermath, the radical British philosopher Richard Price lamented that most civil states corrupted religion, promoting “superstition, idolatry, and nonsense…under the idea of supporting sacred truth and opposing dangerous error.” “Would not,” Price asked, “its perfect neutrality be the greatest blessing?” The early modern liberal dream that the state might serve as a beneficent umpire in religious matters, impartially arbitrating between sincerely contested and equally worthy claims, has lost some of its allure since Price's time. Andrew Koppelman's book aims to breathe new life into its languishing spirit., It is a daunting assignment, and Koppelman completes it in a brisk 177 pages. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu085 |