The Relevance of Locke’s Religious Arguments for Toleration

Bibliographic Data

ID6350417
AuthorsMicah Schwartzman (0000-0001-9794-9279, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume33
Issue5
Pages678-705
Publication date2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5917 • E-ISSN: 1552-7476
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0090591705276458
OpenAlexW2162222078
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited2

John Locke’s theory of toleration has been criticized as having little relevance for politics today because it rests on controversial theological foundations. Although there have been some recent attempts to develop secular, or publicly accessible, arguments out of Locke’s writings, these tend to obscure and distort the religious arguments that Locke used to defend toleration. More importantly, these efforts ignore the role that religious arguments may play in supporting the development of a normative consensus on the legitimacy of liberal political principles. Bracketing the search for publicly accessible justifications makes it possible to appreciate the continued relevance of Locke’s religious arguments for toleration

Bracketing (phenomenology · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Normative · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · Sociology · Toleration · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment

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