Description
How can religion contribute to democracy in a secular age? And what can the millennia-old Catholic tradition say to church-state controversies in the United States and around the world? Secularism, Catholicism, and the Future of Public Life, organized through the work of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (www.ifacs.com), responds to these questions by presenting a dialogue between Douglas W. Kmiec, a leading scholar of American constitutional law and Catholic legal thought, and an international cast of experts from a range of fields, including legal theory, international relations, journalism, religion, and social science.
Table of Contents
Preface - J. Bryan Hehir Part One: Secularism and Catholicism Introduction: Secularism, Democracy, and Catholicism - Gary J. Adler, Jr.Secularism Crucified? - Douglas W. Kmiec Part Two: Relations Between Church and StateProposal for a Theoretical Linchpin for Church-State Relations - Michael AnderheidenSecularism Resurrected? The European Court of Human Rights after Lautsi - Geoffrey R. WatsonPart Three: The Catholic Church, Moral Authority, and SecularismPublic Religion, Secularism, and the Ethos of Love - Hans JoasThe Secularization of Sin and the New Geo-Religious Politics of the Vatican - Massimo FrancoPart Four: Secularism and International AffairsReligion, Secularism, and Social Justice Beyond the Nation-State - Erin K. WilsonA Strategic Perspective for a New Era in Euro-Mediterranean Relations: Religion, Immigration, and a Post-Arab Spring World - Stephen CalleyaEpilogueThe Future of Secularism in Public Religious Life: The Author's Response - Douglas W. KmiecIndex
