It was a confident expectation for more than a century that religion -- its beliefs, doctrines and institutions -- would atrophy in the face of growing secularisation. But not only has traditional Christianity survived in liberal western societies; other faiths, most conspicuously Islam, have increasingly become a perceptible presence. This evolution gives rise to many questions about the place of religion in liberal democratic society. These questions include the increasing difficulty in giving public expression to moral positions informed by faith; the interaction of faith-inspired...
It was a confident expectation for more than a century that religion -- its beliefs, doctrines and institutions -- would atrophy in the face of gro...