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Human nature and the freedom of public religious expression
- Title
- Human nature and the freedom of public religious expression / Stephen G. Post.
- Author
- Post, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrard), 1951-
- Publication
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | BL240.3 .P67 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 200 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Drawing on current research in science and religion, bioethicist Stephen G. Post provocatively argues that human beings are, by nature, inclined toward a presence in the universe that is higher than their own. In consequence, the institutions of everyday life, such as schools, the workplace, and the public square, are not justified in censoring the spiritual and religious expression that freely arises from the wellspring of the human spirit." "Human Nature and the Freedom of Public Religious Expression offers an alternative to the views of political philosophers such as Richard Rorty, and educators such as John Dewey, who fail to acknowledge the unique contribution that religious language, when thoughtfully implemented, makes to the tone and content of public debate and education. Post's perspective privileges no particular religion, but rather asks that adherents to all faiths, including secularism, be allowed freely to express their core values in a civil, respectful, and public manner. Post calls for a recovery of the full meaning of liberal democracy in all domains of public life, so that we might again discover the value of freedom of expression."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-189) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : human nature and public religious expression -- The religious inclination in "limit situations" -- The religious inclination : an emerging neuroscientific objectivity -- Natural law and natural rights -- Religious inclinations in the public square -- An appeal to liberty, human nature, the American experiment, and peaceful acculturation.
- ISBN
- 0268030626
- 9780268030629
- 0268038279
- 9780268038274
- LCCN
- 2003004350
- OCLC
- ocm51810782
- 51810782
- SCSB-1300150
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library