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Religious Liberty and Human Rights: Their Origin, Their Development in the Anglo-American Legal Tradition, and Why They Are Still Needed - Discussed: The Blessings of Liberty: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition. By John WitteJr . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. 316. $110.00 (cloth); $29.99 (paper); $24.00 (digital). ISBN: 9781108429207
- Source :
- Journal of Law and Religion. 38:118-125
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023.
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Abstract
- John Witte, Jr.’s book The Blessings of Liberty contains an important message about the origins and continuing relevance of religious liberty. Based on careful historical analysis of the development of religious liberty in England and the US, Witte demonstrates the importance of Protestant thinking both to the right and to human rights more generally. In the process he refutes both Christian and post-Enlightenment sceptics. His discussion of contemporary US and European law shows how much the right is still needed today, despite the claims of contemporary scholars that freedom of religion and belief is a redundant right.
- Subjects :
- Religious studies
Law
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21633088 and 07480814
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Law and Religion
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f2ad749b17e7fdb7f1ebfb652c2587a8