Can God and Caesar Coexist?: Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law

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Yale University Press, 2004 M01 1 - 266 páginas
Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin argue that Americans can revitalize their democracy and break the cycle of cynical media manipulation that is crippling public life. They propose a new national holiday - Deliberation Day - for each presidential election year. On this day people throughout the country will meet in public spaces and engage in structured debates about issues that divide the candidates in the upcoming presidential election. Deliberation Day is a bold new proposal, but it builds on a host of smaller experiments. Over the past decade, Fishkin has initiated Deliberative Polling events in the United States and elsewhere that bring random and representative samples of voters together for discussion of key political issues. In these events, participants greatly increase their understanding of the issues and often change their minds on the best course of action. Deliberation Day is not merely a novel idea but a feasible reform. Ackerman and Fishkin consider the economic, organisational, and political questions raised by their proposal and explore its relationship to the larger ideals of liberal democracy.
 

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A New Global Right Religious Freedom
1
The Dimensions of the Freedom of Religion and of Conscience
8
Religion in the Structure of the United Nations
30
Religious Freedom in the United States
48
Religious Freedom and the European Court of Human Rights
86
Vatican II Vigorously Defends Religious Freedom
96
The Rights of Dissenters
113
Religious Freedom and Issues of Gender and Sexuality
134
The Peoples Republic of China and Religious Freedom
165
Religious Freedom and the Muslim World
181
The Worlds Jewish Community and Religious Freedom
191
Questions of God and Caesar
212
Appendix A United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief 1981
247
Appendix B Vatican II Statement on the Jews
253
Selected Bibliography
255
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When Governments Repress and Persecute Religion
151

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