01862     2200217   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008003900059020001800098082001100116084001700127100002700144245010200171250001600273260003100289300001400320500007500334650002400409520121100433INLIS00000000001008620210920102825  a0010-0921000121ta210920                |          | |    a9781315627069  a342.08  a342.08 NAP c0 aNapel, H.-M. T. D. ten1 aConstitutionalism, Democracy and Religious Freedom :bTo be Fully Human /cHans-Martien ten Napel  a1st Edition  aLondon :bRoutledge,c2017  a180 pages  a<a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315627069">e-book</a> 4aFreedom of religion  aIn both Europe and North America it can be argued that the associational and institutional dimensions of the right to freedom of religion or belief are increasingly coming under pressure. This book demonstrates why a more classical understanding of the idea of a liberal democracy can allow for greater respect for the right to freedom of religion or belief.

The book examines the major direction in which liberal democracy has developed over the last fifty years and contends that this is not the most legitimate type of liberal democracy for religiously divided societies. Drawing on theoretical developments in the field of transnational constitutionalism, Hans-Martien ten Napel argues that redirecting the concept and practice of liberal democracy toward the more classical notion of limited, constitutional government, with a considerable degree of autonomy for civil society organizations would allow greater religious pluralism. The book shows how, in a postsecular and multicultural context, modern sources of constitutionalism and democracy, supplemented by premodern, transcendental legitimation, continue to provide the best means of legitimating Western constitutional and political orders.