| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 201 pages) |
| Contents |
Religion in the public realm / El Hassan Bin Talal -- Freedom of religion and the rule of law : a Canadian perspective / Beverly McLachlin, Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Religion and the limits of liberal democracy / William Galston -- Human dignity and the social contract / David Novak -- Persons, politics, and a Catholic understanding of human rights / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Considering secularism / Iain T. Benson -- Birth, death, and technoscience : searching for values at the margins of life / Margaret Somerville -- Taking moral difference seriously : morality after the death of God / H. Tristram Engelhardt -- Of secularity and civil religion / Douglas Farrow |
| Summary |
Contributors include Iain T. Benson, executive director, Centre for Cultural Renewal; Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago; H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr, professor of philosophy, Rice University and professor emeritus, Baylor College of Medicine; Douglas Farrow; William Galston, professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland; The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, PC, chief justice of Canada; David Novak, J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies and professor of philosophy, University of Toronto; Margaret Somerville, Samuel Gale Professor of Law and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University; and Prince El Hassan bin Talal, chairman of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| Notes |
Includes papers first presented at the "Pluralism, Religion and Public Policy" conference, held Oct. 9-11, 2002 at McGill University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Religion and state -- Congresses
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Religion and politics -- Congresses
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Cultural pluralism -- Congresses
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Religion and law -- Canada -- Congresses
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Religion and science -- Congresses
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Religion and law -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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Cultural pluralism
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Religion and law
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Religion and politics
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Religion and science
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Religion and state
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Religion et Etat -- Congres.
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Religion et politique -- Congres.
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Pluralisme -- Congres.
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Religion et droit -- Congres.
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Religion et sciences -- Congres.
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Farrow, Douglas, 1953-
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| ISBN |
9780773572362 |
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0773572368 |
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