Especially examines the experiences of Jews, Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, and members of other groups not part of the official Dutch Reformed Church in New Netherland.
Especially examines the experiences of Jews, Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, and members of other groups not part of the official Dutch Reformed Church in New Netherland.
Is religious freedom being curtailed in pursuit of equality, and the outlawing of discrimination? Is enough effort made to accommodate those motivated by a religious conscience? All rights matter but at times the right to put religious beliefs into practice increasingly takes se…
Is religious freedom being curtailed in pursuit of equality, and the outlawing of discrimination? Is enough effort made to accommodate those motivated by a religious conscience? All rights matter but at times the right to put religious beliefs into practice increasingly takes se…
"The Price of Freedom Denied shows that, contrary to popular opinion, ensuring religious freedom for all reduces violent religious persecution and conflict. Others have suggested that restrictions on religion are necessary to maintain order or preserve a peaceful religious homog…
"The Price of Freedom Denied shows that, contrary to popular opinion, ensuring religious freedom for all reduces violent religious persecution and conflict. Others have suggested that restrictions on religion are necessary to maintain order or preserve a peaceful religious homog…
The central claim of this book is that although the concept of religious freedom as a human rights concept is emblematic on the one hand, the concept is also problematic on the other, so that its implications are far from self-evident despite the ready acceptance the term receiv…
Long description: Auch zwanzig Jahre nach dem "Kruzifixbeschluss" hat die Frage nach der Zulässigkeit religiöser Symbole in staatlichen Einrichtungen nicht an Aktualität verloren. Unzureichend geklärt ist allerdings bislang, wie sich die Konfrontation mit einem getragenen oder a…