{"product_id":"religion-secularism-and-constitutional-democracy-paperback-1","title":"Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCécile Laborde\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolarization between political religionists and militant secularists on both sides of the Atlantic is on the rise. Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges. It identifies which connections between religion and the state are compatible with the liberal, republican, and democratic principles of constitutional democracy and assesses the success of their implementation in the birthplace of political secularism: the United States and Western Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApproaching this issue from philosophical, legal, historical, political, and sociological perspectives, the contributors wage a thorough defense of their project's theoretical and institutional legitimacy. Their work brings fresh insight to debates over the balance of human rights and religious freedom, the proper definition of a nonestablishment norm, and the relationship between sovereignty and legal pluralism. They discuss the genealogy of and tensions involving international legal rights to religious freedom, religious symbols in public spaces, religious arguments in public debates, the jurisdiction of religious authorities in personal law, and the dilemmas of religious accommodation in national constitutions and public policy when it violates international human rights agreements or liberal-democratic principles. If we profoundly rethink the concepts of religion and secularism, these thinkers argue, a principled adjudication of competing claims becomes possible.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean L. Cohen is the Nell and Herbert Singer Professor of Political Theory at Columbia University. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eCivil Society and Political Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of\u003ci\u003e Class and Civil Society: The Limits of Marxian Critical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRegulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Sovereignty: Rethinking Legitimacy and Legality\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCécile Laborde is a professor of political theory at University College London and a fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePluralist Thought and the State in Britain and France\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Critical Republicanism: The Hijab Controversy and Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42563576135776,"sku":"9780231168717","price":104.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/eGJLcTVMWVRVcTJoRjBsOFVYUGRqQT09.webp?v=1770407735","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/religion-secularism-and-constitutional-democracy-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}