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Equality, Freedom, and Religion (Paperback)
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Is religious freedom being curtailed in pursuit of equality, and
the outlawing of discrimination? Is enough effort made to
accommodate those motivated by a religious conscience? All rights
matter but at times the right to put religious beliefs into
practice increasingly takes second place in the law of different
countries to the pursuit of other social priorities. The right to
freedom of belief and to manifest belief is written into all human
rights charters. In the United States religious freedom is
sometimes seen as 'the first freedom'. Yet increasingly in many
jurisdictions in Europe and North America, religious freedom can
all too easily be 'trumped' by other rights. Roger Trigg looks at
the assumptions that lie behind the subordination of religious
liberty to other social concerns, especially the pursuit of
equality. He gives examples from different Western countries of a
steady erosion of freedom of religion. The protection of freedom of
worship is often seen as sufficient, and religious practices are
separated from the beliefs which inspire them. So far from religion
in general, and Christianity in particular, providing a foundation
for our beliefs in human dignity and human rights, religion is all
too often seen as threat and a source of conflict, to be controlled
at all costs. The challenge is whether any freedom can preserved
for long, if the basic human right to freedom of religious belief
and practice is dismissed as of little account, with no attempt to
provide any reasonable accommodation. Given the central role of
religion in human life, unnecessary limitations on its expression
are attacks on human freedom itself.
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