Considering Freedom of Religion in a Post-Secular Context

Hapless or Hopeful?

Bibliographic Data

ID23027965
AuthorsArif Jamal (0000-0002-8239-0158, corresponding author), Arif A Jamal
Year2017
Volume6
Issue3
Pages433-450
Publication date2017-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueOxford Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-0770 • E-ISSN: 2047-0789
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ojlr/rwx046
OpenAlexW2752998834
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The value of freedom of religion as a stand-alone right is being discussed and challenged a great deal today. Freedom of religion is impugned as being impossible to apply, or redundant because it is replaceable by other rights or resting on an outdated special status for religion that is no longer justified. Framing these debates is the context of post-secularism’ that both challenges old frameworks and highlights increasing social and religious diversity. Is freedom of religion a hapless concept in this context or is it still hopeful? This article presents a defence of the value of freedom of religion. It argues essentially that freedom of religion is able both to recognize the epistemic character of religious adherence and its contribution to challenging and enhancing our epistemic horizons, as well as, importantly, to provide a symbolic affirmation to those who have religious convictions. Freedom of religion thus emerges as still hopeful.

Context (archaeology) · Economic freedom · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Framing (construction) · Freedom of Religion · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Religious freedom · Secularism · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Freedom and Discrimination

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