The Blessings of Liberty: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition

ISBN-13: 9781108453264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 300 str.

John Witte Jr

Opis

A robust defense of the essential interdependence of human rights and religious freedom from antiquity to the present.

Recenzje

'In these eloquent essays, John Witte explores the history of the right to religious liberty and highlights the crucial role this 'first freedom' plays in securing and safeguarding human rights generally. Looking both back in time and around the world, Witte tells the story and identifies the foundations of human rights and defends their centrality in our contemporary context. In his lucid and lively way, he defends a robust pluralism, a respectful politics, and the right of religious conscience for all.' Richard W. Garnett, Notre Dame Law School

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Christian contributions to the development of rights and liberties in the Western legal tradition; 2. Magna Cartas old and new: rights and liberties in the Anglo-American common law; 3. Natural law and natural rights in the early Protestant tradition; 4. 'A most mild and equitable establishment of religion': religious freedom in Massachusetts, 1780–1833; 5. Historical foundations and enduring fundamentals of American religious freedom; 6. Balancing the guarantees of no establishment and free exercise of religion in American education; 7. Tax exemption of religious property: historical anomaly or valid constitutional practice? 8. Faith in Strasbourg? Religious freedom in the European Court of Human Rights; 9. Meet the new boss of religious freedom: the new cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union; Concluding reflections: toward a Christian defense of human rights and religious freedom today; Index.