Legal Monism and Religious Pluralism:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Legal Monism and Religious Pluralism: "
Jonathan Chaplin

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069385
Doc. No	:	LA113014
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973208X335288‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jonathan Chaplin
Title & Author	:	Legal Monism and Religious Pluralism: [Article] : Rowan Williams on Religion, Loyalty and Law\ Jonathan Chaplin
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/4
Page No	:	418–441
Abstract	:	Archbishop Rowan Williams' lecture on ‘Civil and Religious Law in England’ in February 2008 provoked passionate critical responses, not only in Britain but around the world. While acknowledging ambiguities in the text of the lecture, this article seeks to clarify its central claims and to address some of the misrepresentations to which it was subjected. It defends the lecture as a constructive and profound theological contribution to the ongoing discussion about the proper scope and manner of the legal accommodation of religious minorities within liberal democratic states. It then probes further into the wider question raised by the lecture concerning the dilemma of the plural identities and loyalties of religious citizens in such states. The Archbishop's subtle critique of ‘unqualified secular legal monopoly’ can be heard to contain a timely warning against political hubris. Archbishop Rowan Williams' lecture on ‘Civil and Religious Law in England’ in February 2008 provoked passionate critical responses, not only in Britain but around the world. While acknowledging ambiguities in the text of the lecture, this article seeks to clarify its central claims and to address some of the misrepresentations to which it was subjected. It defends the lecture as a constructive and profound theological contribution to the ongoing discussion about the proper scope and manner of the legal accommodation of religious minorities within liberal democratic states. It then probes further into the wider question raised by the lecture concerning the dilemma of the plural identities and loyalties of religious citizens in such states. The Archbishop's subtle critique of ‘unqualified secular legal monopoly’ can be heard to contain a timely warning against political hubris.
Descriptor	:	LAW
Descriptor	:	LEGAL MONISM
Descriptor	:	LOYALTY
Descriptor	:	RELIGION
Descriptor	:	RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
Descriptor	:	ROWAN WILLIAMS
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973208X335288‬